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PIONEER OF JAZZ FUSION

'M A H A V I S H N U   O R CH E S T R A' 

LEGENDARY GUITARIST-SONGWRITER-BANDLEADER

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John McLaughlin began his career playing blues and rock in London in the early 1960s and went on to play free jazz with important British figures before moving to the United States in 1969. There he contributed rock- and blues-derived guitar passages to Miles Davis’s early fusion albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew (both 1969) and played in Tony Williams’s seminal jazz-rock trio Lifetime. In 1970 he became a disciple of spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy; he acquired the name Mahavishnu and formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1971. The Orchestra was initially a quintet noted for radically high volume levels, complex textures, and fast modal playing, especially by McLaughlin, in long passages of 16th-note scales and arpeggios, on a guitar with two parallel necks, one with 6 strings, the other with 12. They played concerts in rock, rather than jazz, venues and were among the handful of stars of jazz-rock fusion music; they recorded popular albums such as The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) and Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975). The involvement of electric violinist Jean-Luc Ponty in 1974–75 enhanced the Orchestra’s popularity.

In the mid-1970s McLaughlin left Chinmoy, abandoned the name Mahavishnu, and began playing acoustic guitar in his trio Shakti, with Indian violinist L. Shankar and tabla player Zakir Hussain. His new guitar had two fretboards, one with raised strings crossing the other. McLaughlin’s improvising—with phrases from blues, rock (especially Jimi Hendrix), flamenco, jazz, and Indian music—fit readily into a variety of fusion music. He went on to play duets and trios with fellow guitar virtuosos Al DiMeola, Paco de Lucía, and Larry Coryell, to team with Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu, to play electric guitar in a revived Mahavishnu Orchestra in the mid-1980s, and to perform guitar concerti by Mike Gibbs (1985) and by himself (1990) with symphony orchestras.

McLaughlin recorded an acoustic homage to jazz pianist Bill Evans in 1993, and he returned to the electric guitar for After the Rain (1994) and The Promise (1995). His inventiveness remained undiminished in the 21st century. He revived Shakti for the live album Saturday Night in Bombay (2001). Other notable later works included Industrial Zen (2006); Floating Point (2008); Five Peace Band Live (2009), which won a Grammy Award for best jazz instrumental album; Now Here This (2012); and Black Light (2015). His recording of “Miles Beyond,” from the 2017 album Live at Ronnie Scott’s, took the Grammy for best improvised jazz solo. In 2017 McLaughlin made what he said was his final tour, performing music from the various incarnations of the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Purchase the latest releases

 by John McLaughlin

IS THAT SO?

Six years in the making, the album brings together the three visionary musicians in a musical landscape, never explored before. Six years in the making, Is that So? is one of John McLaughlin’s deepest and most profound musical collaborations with prolific Indian composer and vocalist Shankar Mahadevan. Joining the duo is their life-long friend and musical brother Ustad Zakir Hussain on the tabla, who has been collaborating with John since they founded Shakti in the early ‘70s, acknowledged by most to be the first groundbreaking crossover East-West musical group.

Also Purchase

John McLaughlin

LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension

 Jimmy Herring & The Invisible Whip

Live in San Francisco is the live album from John McLaughlin and Jimmy Herring with The 4th Dimension and The Invisible Whip which was captured

at The Warfield on December 8, 2017, as a part of the Farewell American Tour of John McLaughlin/ The recording features the third set which features the classic Mahavishnu Orchestra music written by John McLaughlin.

Both releases available at amazon.com

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Artie Kornfeld

Artie Kornfeld is best known as the music promoter for the The Woodstock Music & Arts Festival held in 1969, but before Woodstock, Artie had already written over 75 Billboard charted songs and participated in over 150 albums with many other artists of note.

“Never did I think that what started as an idealistic conversation among friends would become part of history” and what Rolling Stone magazine describes as one of the top moments “That Changed the History of Rock & Roll.”

Artie was solely responsible for the historic record & Warner Brothers movie contracts for the Woodstock Film.

He hired Michael Wadleigh to film the Music & Art Fair of ’69, which won the movie and him a 1970 Academy Award.

He was known world wide as “The Father of Woodstock,” the name given to him by the Woodstock Preservation Alliance, as well as sometimes referred to as “The Godfather of Woodstock,” “The Pied Piper,” “The Father of Peace,” and other such honorary titles.

Artie is a Composer, Publisher, Producer, Manager, & Promoter.



He was the First Vice President of Rock Music at Capitol Records, and the first for Rock Music, period.

Over 40 + years experience as a composer, publisher, producer, manager and promoter, among many other awards and recognitions he had a hand in over 100 Platinum projects.

Four BMI Million Performance Awards

Eight BMI Awards as a Writer & Publisher

As A&R VP (for 3 major labels) and as an Independent Producer played a major role in the “top of the charts” success of some of the top rock artists of all time.

Manager and Creative Director of the band “Survivor”

Took unknown band to the top selling single of all time “Eye of the Tiger”

Co-Producer & Manager with Don Rubin of the band “Felony”

who’s #1 alternative record & Top 30 hit single and #1 dance record in the U.S. “The Fanatic” & thru Artie’s guidance to the late Rick Carroll (KROQ) which led to the explosion of alternative music & radio.

Consultant to, & protégée of his industry mentor, icon Charles Koppelman EMI (7 yrs) Marketing Director for The Entertainment Co & Screen Gems Music. As independent promotion director, became a “must have” for artists because of successes for Neil Young, Tracy Chapman, Survivor, etc. 

Author of the new book of his memoirs “The Pied Piper of Woodstock” by Artie Kornfeld.

Artie has spent the last 40 or so years speaking to schools, organizations, and universities on the true meaning behind Woodstock. He has done over 5,000 radio interviews and for years, hosted his own radio show called, “The Spirit Show with Artie Kornfeld”

Artists charting with Artie Kornfeld compositions:

ARTIST, SONG & FACTS

The Angels, “I Adore Him”, Top 10 Billboard

The Bangles, “How Is The Air Up There”, # 1 in 7 countries

Bert Sommer, “We’re All Playing In The Same Band”, Top 40 single and producer of his 3 LP albums 

Oscar Benton & Artie Kaplan, “Bensonhurst Blues”, # 1 in Europe 3 times, Alain Delon Movie “The Skin of a Cop”

Jerry Butler & Betty Everett, “We Need Each Other”, Top 10 Album Duet

Freddie Cannon, “Lookin For Fun”, Billboard top 60

Changing Times, “The Pied Piper”, Writer & Producer, Top 50 Single – USA

Cher, “The Pied Piper”, Top 5 Album

Crispian St.Peters, “The Pied Piper”, Top 3 Worldwide

The Cowsills, “The Rain,The Park & Other Things”, (aka “I Love The Flower Girl”), Producer and # 1 Worldwide

The Cowsills, Album written & Produced A.Kornfeld, Platinum Single, Gold Album

The Cowsills, “We Can Fly”, Top 10 Single

Al Hirt, “We Can Fly – Up Up & Away” Medley, #1Jazz Single Worldwide, #1 Adult single Billboard

Johnny Crawford, “Judy Loves Me”, written & produced with Jan Berry, Top 40 Billboard

Connie Francis, “Turn Another Page”, Top 40 Billboard

Gene Pitney, “Turn Another Page”, Top 60 Billboard

The Hullabaloos, “Did You Ever”, Top 5 Europe, Top 60 USA

Jan & Dean, “Dead Mans Curve”, Written with Brian Wilson & Jan Berry, #1 USA, Top 10 –Aust/NZ/Europe

Jan & Dean, “Little Old Lady From Pasadena” LP, co-writer of all except title song, Top 10 Album Worldwide

Jay Black & The Americans, “She Doesn’t Know It”, B side hit single, “I hear Trumpets Blow”, Come A Little Bit Closer LP (Top 10)

Wayne Newton, “If I Only Had A Song To Sing”, Top 60 Billboard Pop & Country

Tony Orlando, “She Doesn’t Know It”, Last solo single before “Tony Orlando & Dawn”

Gary Lewis & The Playboys, “When The Parties Over”, Top 40 Single

The Tokens, Three Songs on the album “Come A Little Bit Closer”, Top 10 Album Worldwide

Reparperata & The Delrons, “And The Music Went On & On”, “How Can You Tell”, charted in Billboard

Minnie Ripperton & The Rotary Connection, “Aladdin”, Top 50 in Billboard, opened the door that led to the hit “Loving You”

Crispian St. Peter, “Aladdin” (follow up to #1 Pied Piper), Top 10 Europe

The Shirelles, “Tonight You’re Gonna Fall in Love With Me”, Top 20 Pop Billboard, Top 5 R&B

Dusty Springfield, “Guess Who”, Top 40 USA, Top 20 Europe

Bobby Hebb, “Some Kind of Magic” Follow-up to #1 “Sunny”, Top 40 Billboard

Woody Allen, “Chicken Of The Sea”, only time Woody Allen ever sang on a record!

…MANY MORE (too many to list) including 4 movies

Partial list of Artists Signed, Promoted or Developed by Artie Kornfeld:

Sheryl Crow

Sarah McLachlan 

Jack Johnson,

Bruce Springsteen

Tracy Chapman 

Melissa Etheridge

Extreme

Edie Brickell

Vanilla Ice

Kix

Sass Jordan

Nuclear Valdez

Queensryche

Depeche Mode

Felony

Billy Joel

John Fogerty 

Santana

Steve Perry

Kiss

Neil Young

Bonnie Raitt

Tom Petty 

Survivor

Pink Floyd 

Aerosmith 

The Band 

Blondie 

Davy Jones 

The Left Banke

Bert Sommer

Bob Seger

Triumph

The Cowsills

J. Giles Band

Roger Miller 

Linda Ronstadt

Alanis Morissette

Lou Rawls

Mandrill

Jimmy Castor 

George Segal 

Tragically Hip 

April Wine

Joe South

Wilson Phillips

Alice Cooper

Paul Cotton

Michelle Shoked

Joe Cocker

ZZ Top

Marshall Tucker

Greg Allman Band

Ratt

Vixon

Steel Heart

Asia

TNT

Quiet Riot

Eddie Money

Patti Griffin

…and still producing! 

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From Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Patrick Neville is an American politician and a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 45th District, which includes much of Douglas County. A Republican, Neville currently serves as the Minority Leader of the House, having been elected to this position at the beginning of his second term in January 2017.

To provide solutions to problems that individuals/organizations have to address, while building better trust-based relationships with everyone around me. In short, I love to Solve Problems, Help/Encourage People, Increase Revenues, Travel the World, Learn New Things, and Greatest - Leave A Positive Legacy for My Children, Family, Friends, and Community!

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

- Experienced Leadership of Process Improvement, Quality Management Systems, Strategic/Project Planning, Change Management, Validation, & Regulatory Affairs.

- Led process improvements to reduce operational expenditures and meet budgetary requirements.

- Customer focused by addressing problems and providing cost effective solutions to satisfy customer expectations.

- Experience in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Medical Device/Nutraceutical, Blood Banking, Retail, and Automotive Manufacturing environments.

- Extensive experience in dealing in environments such as the FDA, MHRA, EMA, ISO, etc.

- Certified Auditor (CQA/CHA) of domestic and international businesses regulated by governmental agencies.

- Extensive business background in international environments; traveling to more than 50 countries to date.



Personal Summary

I am actively involved in being a loving husband & father to my family; volunteer at the Adams County jail by teaching the Bible & life skills to men, missions to help the poor locally and/or the world, & listening/helping anyone in their time of need. I have traveled to 54 countries & all 50 US states. Overall, loving and enjoying life, God, family, friends, work, sports, traveling, etc.

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