Yerevan to host English jazz fusion guitarist John McLaughlin concert in April, 2010

English jazz fusion guitarist and composer John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension band are going to perform in Yerevan April 28, 2010. The event is due in the frames of “The International Music Festival” and will be organized by Vibrographus, the latter’s press office reported.

John McLaughlin is ranked among the best known guitarists. He played with Tony Williams's group Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his landmark electric jazz-fusion albums In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. His 1970s electric band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, performed a technically virtuosic and complex style of music that fused eclectic jazz and rock with eastern and Indian influences. His guitar playing includes a range of styles and genres, including jazz, Indian classical music, fusion, and Western Classical music, and has influenced many other guitarists. The Indian Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has called John McLaughlin "one of the greatest and most important musicians of our times". In 2003, McLaughlin was ranked 49th in Rolling Stone magazine list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

McLaughlin engaged in a late summer/fall 2008 tour with Chick Corea, Vinnie Colaiuta, Kenny Garrett and Christian McBride under the name "Five Peace Band", from which came an eponymous double-CD live album in early 2009.

The International Music Festival will be held in 2010 all year round.