John McLaughlin
Day 73
#72 – John McLaughlin (b.1942). English guitarist, bandleader and composer who formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra, fusing electric jazz and rock with Indian influences. Albums include: Extrapolation (1969), My Goal’s Beyond (1970) and The Inner Mounting Flame (1971).
McLaughlin is renowned for fusing different musical styles and introducing Indian influences. I started with playing around with letterforms and noticed the two ‘J’s could make an abstract ‘f’ for fusion. Working with this I then looked at a background and started with the Indian and British flag. This was too complicated, so I fused the colours which made it simpler.
1 hour
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to excerpts from ‘Extraplolation’