John McLaughlin has announced a new album, Liberation Time.
Set for a July 16 release via Abstract Logix, the remotely-recorded Liberation Time features a number of musicians, including: Nicolas Viccaro on drums, Jerome Regard on bass, Julian Siegel on tenor saxophone, and Oz Ezzeldin on piano (on "Right Here, Right Now, Right On"); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Sam Burgess (bass), and Gary Husband (piano) (on "As the Spirit Sings"); plus McLaughlin's normal 4th Dimension rhythm section – bassist Etienne Mbappe and drummer Ranjit Barot.
You can check out a preview of the album below.
Liberation Time features "Lockdown Blues" – the single McLaughlin released with the 4th Dimension last spring – and solo piano pieces, the first solo piano work McLaughlin has released since his 1973 Carlos Santana collaboration, Love Devotion Surrender.
Of the long-distance nature of Liberation Time's recording, McLaughlin said “The wonderful thing about music is that you put the headphones on and you are all in the same room.” You can check out its cover art and track list below.
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John McLaughlin – Liberation Time:
- The Spirit Sings
- Singing Our Secrets
- Lockdown Blues
- Mila Repa
- Right Here, Right Now, Right On
- Shade of Blue
- Liberation Times
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