Guitarist John McLaughlin’s latest tour will include a stop at Toronto’s Massey Hall on October 5th, so check out this interview at allaboutjazz.com with the man himself.

“I’m not a big fan of what they call smooth jazz, simply because it seems too plastic for me. So I found myself, twelve or thirteen years ago, looking into the underground, and a lot of what you hear with these young guys, what they’re doing with these underground records, is basically noise, but it’s very interesting. Because what is noise? In a way, if you have the right perspective everything is musical. People don’t walk, they dance; and they don’t speak, they sing, depending on what state of mind they’re in.”

And while your at it swing over to johnmclaughlin.com