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Al Di Meola

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Jazz

Al Di Meola is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Manu Katché, Jean-Luc Ponty, Return to Forever, Billy Sherwood and Anzhelika Varum. Those roots explain a lot about how Al Di Meola arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chick Corea, Jeff Beck and Marcus Miller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Glen Drover, Darryl Jenifer, 9012Live: The Solos, Jean-Pierre Danel and Stanley Jordan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Al Di Meola, reaching back through Manu Katché and forward to Glen Drover. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Al Di MeolaManu KatchéJean-Luc PontyReturn to ForeverBilly SherwoodAnzhelika VarumBossonElvis PresleyThe BeatlesGlen DroverDarryl Jenifer9012Live: The SolosJean-Pierre DanelStanley JordanSteve LukatherJeff BuckleyZakk WyldeBilly CobhamMahavishnu OrchestraChick CoreaJeff BeckMarcus MillerVictor WootenWes MontgomeryJoe Satriani

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Al Di Meola connections

Al Di Meola grew out of Manu Katché, Jean-Luc Ponty, Return to Forever and Billy Sherwood, shares an orbit with Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chick Corea and Jeff Beck, went on to shape Glen Drover, Darryl Jenifer, 9012Live: The Solos and Jean-Pierre Danel. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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