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John Mclaughlin has been a super star in the Jazz genre for quite some time now and Industrial Zen is an excellent illustration as to why.

Jazz music fans will recognize some of the well known contributors on the project including Bill Evans and Gary Husband plus a few other notables as well.

Overall Industrial Zen is an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up and is most definitely a worthy addition to any Jazz collection. Truly an outstanding Jazz CD. One of those that is completely void of any wasted time, as each track is simply superb.

While this entire album is outstanding some of my favorites are track 2 – New Blues Old Bruise, track 5 – To Bop Or Not To Be, and track 8 – Mother Nature

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 – For Jaco. What a nice track!

Industrial Zen Release Notes:

John Mclaughlin originally released Industrial Zen on August 1, 2006 on the Verve label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. For Jaco 2. New Blues Old Bruise 3. Wayne’s Way 4. Just So Only More So 5. To Bop Or Not To Be (For Michael Brecker) 6. Dear Dalai Lama 7. Senor C.S. 8. Mother Nature

Personnel: John McLaughlin (vocals, guitar, fretless guitar, programming, drum programming); Shankar Mahadevan (vocals); Eric Johnson (guitar); Ada Rovatti, Bill Evans (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Gary Husband (keyboards, drums); Otmaro Ruiz (synthesizer); Hadrien Faraud, Tony Gray, Matthew Garrison (bass guitar); Mark Mondasir, Dennis Chambers, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Zakir Hussain (tabla); Marcus Wippersberg (drum programming). Recording information: Metropolis Studios, London, England.