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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 17/09/2026

This is tonight, and based upon the discussions we are having behind the scenes, it will be an extra adventurous evening! Swing by! #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #livemusic

Concert poster for Dave Bryant’s third Thursdays, 8pm Sept 17 at Harvard Epworth Church outside of Harvard Square. Bryant, McLaughlin, Tom Hall, James Kamal Jones

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 11/08/2026

Going through a Todd Rundgren moment, thanks to Beato and a great conversation with a former teacher. His harmonic language is so cool! Image attached of my fave moment in "Love is the Answers", and link to the moment in comments. #music #musicsky #toddrundgren #utopia #musiceducation

Eb/Db Db7 Cmaj7(9) D7/C for the Interlude of "love is the Answer".

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 27/06/2026

Plan to be at 40 Summit Avenue in Quincy MA by 5pm on Saturday for Morning Camera at Quincy Porchfest! David Champagne (vocals, guitar, composer), Russ Gershon (saxophones, percussion), Jerome Deupree (drums), RM (double bass)... #music #musicsky #livemusic #porchfest #holisticbassist

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 16/06/2026

Psyched to be playing in Morning Camera, or "Astral Weeks meets Velvet Underground" with David Champagne, Russ Gershon, Dinty Child and Jerome Dupree. Get your Passim tickets now! #music #musicsky #livemusic The link: tinyurl.com/msvn3exk

Concert poster for Morning Camera, featuring David Champagne, Russ Gershon, Dinty Child, Jerome Deupree, and Rick McLaughlin - live at Passim, July 31 at 8pm

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 02/06/2026

Analog is still awesome. “The thing I love about vinyl is the expense and inconvenience.” #music #musicsky #turntable #records #santana

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 27/05/2026

Yebba and her crew were spectacular last night in Boston! #Musicsky #Music #LiveMusic #Yebba

Audience photograph of Yebba and her band on stage at the Royale in Boston on May 26, 2026

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 25/05/2026

Very very excited about today’s office, with Morning Camera (David Champagne, Russ Gershon, Dinty Child, Jerome Dupree). Hope we can bring this group to many stages. #holisticbassist #livemusic #music #musicsky

Photo of instruments in a garage, getting ready for an informal outdoor concert

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 08/05/2026

Last chord of the academic year; in celebration of Jacob Collier, who is getting an honorary doctorate from the school. #chords #chordfactory #berklee #berkleecollegeofmusic #music #musicsky

Notation of a Dmaj7 on top of a Cmaj7, spelled entirely in thirds. Known as “super-hyper-ultra-meta-mega-Lydian” by Jacob Collier.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 07/05/2026

Happy finals week. Here’s “Superstar” (Leon Russell/The Carpenters/Luther Vandross) and “Giant Steps. #finalexams #berklee #johncoltrane #thecarpenters #luthervandross #leonrussell #music #musicsky

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 05/05/2026

A performance of a friend’s nightmare: Giant Steps and On Top of the World. #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 01/05/2026

Listen to some music today. It’s Bandcamp Friday, so support independent artists. Final projects/exam season at the Chord Factory. Concerts with Regie Gibson, Natraj, Ensemble Eclectica, Hellbender, and Either/Orchestra coming up. #livemusic #holisticbassist #berklee #musicsky #music #jazzsky

Black and white image of the author’s hand and forearm, palm up. Concert bracelet with “musician” printed on it wrapped around the wrist.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 10/04/2026

Swing by the Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland tonight!! Either/Orchestra with Bruck Tesfaye. #music #musicsky #holisticbassist #doublebassist #livemusic #jazz #jazzsky

Photo of the inside of the Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. This is of the altar featuring the stained glass Windows prominently.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 06/04/2026

Yeah, Somerville Music Spaces. Affordable rehearsal space with a nice, tuned piano? Nice. #music #musicsky #rehearsalspace

Photographs of a rehearsal space with a drum set, Piano, and the author’s double bass.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 29/03/2026

Swing by Either/Orchestra plays Ethiopiques at Big Ears today…if you are near Knoxville TN! Yesterday’s show was fantastic; looking forward to today’s. Photo credit: Joel Yennior #ethiopiques #jazz #holisticbassist #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

Photo of RM playing electric upright bass during soundcheck.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 10/03/2026

Very excited to be playing with Kris Adams this week! And next week, Regie Gibson, Dave Bryant’s Third Thursdays, and Listen to This at the Boston Harbor Distillery. Swing by!! #livemusic #holisticbassist #doublebassist #electricbassist #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

Concert photo for Kris Adams at JP Tiny Desk, Sotheby’s, Jamaica Plain, 7:30pm, March 12

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 08/02/2026

Super Bowl Sunday night! Swing by Grace by Nia in the Seaport for an excellent piano trio - Hey Rim Jeon (piano), RM (bass), Alberto Netto (drums). Link in comments for reservations! #music #jazzmusic #holisticbassist #jazztrio #livemusic #musicsky #jazzsky

Promo photo for Hey Rim Jeon, pianist and Steinway artist. Features a gleeful Hey Rim seated at the piano.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 28/01/2026

Dig out and swing by David Friend Recital hall at Berklee, 7:30pm tonight. Fun times with hard music. Livestream link in comments. #music #musicsky #livemusic #jazzmusic #jazzsky #holisticbassist #doublebassist

Concert poster for Rick McLaughlin (bass), Joe Mulholland (piano), Alberto Netto (drums), called Triptych Project

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 23/01/2026

Dig out of the snow drifts quickly so you can race to David Friend Recital Hall (921 Boylston Street) for a piano trio set on Wednesday Jan 28 at 7:30pm. Joe Mulholland (piano), Alberto Netto (drums), me (double bass). #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #berklee #berkleecollegeofmusic

Concert poster for Triptych Project, performing at 7:30pm on Jan 28, David Friend Recital Hall, Berklee College of Music

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 09/01/2026

Brooklyn! Swing by the Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday, Jan 10 at 6pm! Either/Orchestra plays Ethiopiques - rehearsal last night was killer, so def swing by. Link in comments. #musicsky #jazzmusic #ethiopianmusic #holisticbassist #doublebassist #ethiopiques

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 22/12/2025

Little something for my father (great drummer) on the third anniversary of his passing. Here’s hoping he can fill in these open spaces on a drum set, wherever he is. #jazzmusic #jazzsky #doublebassist #holisticbassist #jazzdrums

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 18/12/2025

Set up from last night’s super fun Either/Orchestra concert at Regattabar. Two sets. Packed audiences. Great fun making music with incredible musicians. #grateful #livemusic #holisticbassist #doublebassist #electricbassist #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

Photograph of the author’s basses and amplifier. 1880s French bass, electric bass made from parts modeled after Sadowsky basses, GK amp and speaker cabinet.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 15/12/2025

4/ Photo dump of great albums in the #cdcollection I checked out this fall. Some great ones here! #music #musicsky

Album cover for "Live at the Quick" by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Similar cartoon-esque drawing as "Cosmic hippo" but this featuring an image of a space ship flying on a television screen.

Album cover for "Dimensions" by Fractal. Blue-ish image of the woods after a snow storm.

Album cover for "Ratty's Loving Surprise" by Gary Fieldman, performed by the Know Trio. Montage of a rat on the cover with artist and title above.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 15/12/2025

3/ Photo dump of great albums in the #cdcollection I checked out this fall. Some great ones here! #music #musicsky

Album cover for "Reflection of a Clear Moon" by Garrison Fewell and Laszlo Gardony. Beautiful photo of the moon over the ocean.

Album cover for "Are you afraid of the dark?" by Garrison Fewell, with Laszlo Gardony, Cecil McBee and Matt Wilson. Blue tinted portrait of Fewell with album title and artist on the left, personnel on the right.

Album cover for "First Take" by Roberta Flack. Image of Flack at the piano with bassist and drummer in a smokey haze in the background.

Album cover for "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo" by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Cartoon-esque drawing of a hippo flying through space. Space ship, flying horse, Rocket, banjo all featured in outer space, too.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 15/12/2025

2/ Photo dump of great albums in the #cdcollection I checked out this fall. Some great ones here! #music #musicsky

Album cover for "The Individualism of Gil Evans", featuring a yellow-ish cover, album and artist on the left and a Picasso-esque obelisk on the right.

Album cover for "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" by The Art Farmer Quartet. Red vertical stripe on the left with "Atlantic Original Sound", the rest of the image is album and artist and an impressionist image of a woman walking.

Album cover for "To Sweden with Love" by the Art Famer Quartet, featuring Jim Hall. Portrait of Swedish woman; album title and artist listed on right.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 15/12/2025

1/ Photo dump of great albums in the #cdcollection I checked out this fall. Some great ones here! #music #musicsky

Album cover for "Declassified" by Excelsior, a great band from Boston transforming Shostakovich's preludes, music of Barber, Stravinsky and Poulenc for a band with accordion, electric violin, electric guitar and drums. Piano keyboards on top of the cover, strings on the bottom, album and title in the middle.

Album cover for Donald Fagen's "Kamakiriad"; image of a 50s style steering wheel and car dash with Fagen's face where the radio goes.

Album cover for "Morph the Cat" by Donald Fagan; features Fagan staring out the window of a room, sitting next to a desk.

Album cover for "Out of the Cool" by the Gil Evans Orchestra. Image of Gil Evans, score in hand, seated facing away from the camera, but looking back, through a torn screen.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 12/12/2025

Finishing up an incredible semester at Berklee and inspiring autumn on stage. Have a great break! #berkleecollege #berkleecollegeofmusic #fifths #lydian #music #musiceducation #chords #chordfactory #musicsky

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 06/12/2025

So great to hear Ron Carter and his Foresight Quartet last night! He sounded so great, and the band bobbed and weaved, moving nimbly through the set. #jazzquartet #roncarter #livemusic #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

Author’s photo of the Ron Carter Foresight Quartet performing at Regattabar in Cambridge Ma Dec 5, 2025.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 22/11/2025

Happy birthday, Gunther Schuller! One of the highlights of my time as a New England Conservatory student was playing the premiere of “Encounters”, which I believe was his final commission. #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #thirdstream

Getty image of Gunther Schuller conducting a student ensemble - jazz orchestra and string orchestra, blended - rehearsal. Author in center.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 19/11/2025

Dec 5, the new Either/Orchestra release will be on digital platforms! We recorded much of this album in Ethiopia with fantastic guests in 2010. Psyched that these tracks are coming out, especially on the Ethiopiques series (we are also Vol 20). #music #musicsky #ethiopiques #jazzmusic #jazzsky

Album cover for Ethiopiques Vol 32, Either/Orchestra with Ethiopian guests, “Nalbandiam, The Ethiopian”.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 18/11/2025

A few great Bill Evans albums in the #cdcollection. Love his playing on these and the bass playing is outstanding. #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky

Album cover for Empathy and A Simple Matter of Conviction - a two album on one cd reissue - by Bill Evans.

Album cover for the Complete Fantasy Recordings by Bill Evans.

You Must Believe in Spring. Album cover for the Bill Evans album.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 17/11/2025

Coming up Thursday, Nov 20, 8pm at the Harvard-Epworth Church. This band is going to be burning - Tsuyoshi Hong, Dave Bryant, James Kamal Jones, Rick McLaughlin. #livemusic #music #musicsky #jazzsky #jazzmusic

Concert poster for Dave Bryant's Third Thursdays, November 20, 8pm; Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, $10
Details on left of poster, musician photos on right - Tsuyoshi Hong (saxophone), Dave Bryant (keyboards), Rick McLaughlin (double bass), James Kamal Jones (drums)

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 28/10/2025

Introducing the Triptych Project! Two friends and I are having a great time playing sometimes very challenging music. Debut performance at the Mad Monkfish in Cambridge. Presales matter! Link in comments! #livemusic #Jazzmusic #jazzsky #holisticbassist #doublebassist #music #musicsky

Concert poster for Triptych Project, Nov 6 at 7pm at the Mad Monkfish in Cambridge

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 28/10/2025

3/Eliane Elias - my favorite of her records. The band sounds unbelievable, and with Jack having just passed, it’s a nice reminder of the great musician he was and all that he could contribute the present moment. #music #jazzmusic #musicsky #jazzsky #brazilianmusic

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 28/10/2025

2/Dominique Eade - such a phenomenal musician! I’m so lucky to have studied with her briefly. I love these records. #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #jazzvocals

Album cover for the Dominique Eade album “my resistance is low“. The image is of Dominique, with her head down, as if taking a nap on a table top, hands under her head, laid upon some sheet music.

Album cover for the Dominique Eade album, “when the wind was cool”. A blue background with a burgundy armchair, and Dominique sitting in it laughing.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 28/10/2025

1/ A few albums from the #cdcollection that I revisited recently: Very best of Ethiopiques - working with musicians from Ethiopia is one of the highlights of my career. New Either/Orchestra album coming out along with concerts featuring some amazing Ethiopian musicians. #music #musicsky #ethiopia

Album cover for “the very best of Ethiopiques“, which features an Ethiopian boy standing in what looks like some type of café, holding up his hand in a number one side.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 18/10/2025

Speeding up the giant steps to Amanda Monaco’s show at the Lily Pad today, 4pm. Amanda (guitar), Allan Chase (saxophones), Francisco Mela (drums). #music #musicsky #livemusic #doublebassist #holisticbassist

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 17/10/2025

Oct 18, 4pm, Lily Pad - I am PSYCHED to be playing in Amanda Monaco’s Deathblow North for her Boston-area album release. The music is so fun & the band is killer - Amanda, Allan Chase, Francisco Mela. This will definitely be an adventure. #holisticbassist #doublebassist #livemusic #improvisedmusic

Album art for Amanda Monaco’s Deathblow, an Anime inspired image of Amanda, guitar in hand, mid-jump/kick.

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 16/10/2025

Just a few hours from now! Psyched to be playing with Dave Bryant and James Kamal Jones again! First time with Neil Leonard and meeting Elliott Levin tonight, too. #music #livemusic #jazzmusic #jazzsky #doublebassist #holisticbassist

Concert poster for Dave Bryant’s Third Thursdays at Harvard Epworth Church, 8pm tonight Oct 16, $10

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 10/10/2025

Psyched to be playing Mad Monkfish on Oct 15 with Sheryl Bailey and Yoron Israel. Ticket presale a matter! Link in comments. See you there! #music #musicsky #livemusic #jazzmusic #jazzsky #doublebassist #holisticbassist

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 09/10/2025

Yes! I really DO want to see you at Mad Monkfish, Oct 15. But also, Oggi Gourmet in Harvard Square, Friday Oct 10, 7pm. Serious telepathy between the three of us, be sure to be there for our Hubris Set. #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #livemusic #doublebassist #holisticbassist

Russ Gershon Trio poster. Black and white photos of Rick McLaughlin (left, double bass), Russ (center, tenor saxophone), Brooke Sofferman (right, drums)

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · 07/10/2025

Click the link to reserve tickets now! Come to Mad Monkfish in Cambridge on Oct 15 to hear Sheryl Bailey, Yoron Israel and me swinging for the fences. #music #livemusic #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #holisticbassist #doublebassist www.eventbrite.com/e/rick-mclau...

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