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Al Di Meola

Jazz
Jazz

Al Di Meola is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Byrds. Those roots explain a lot about how Al Di Meola arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Return to Forever, Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Chick Corea, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stanley Jordan, Steve Lukather, Jeff Buckley, Zakk Wylde and Tomo Milicevic, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Al Di Meola, reaching back through Elvis Presley and forward to Stanley Jordan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Al Di MeolaElvis PresleyThe BeatlesThe Rolling StonesThe WhoThe ByrdsMoby GrapeQuicksilver Messenge…Jefferson AirplaneStanley JordanSteve LukatherJeff BuckleyZakk WyldeTomo MilicevicDave NavarroSteve ClarkGus GReturn to ForeverJean-Luc PontyBilly CobhamMahavishnu OrchestraChick CoreaLee RitenourJeff BeckMarcus Miller

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Al Di Meola connections

Al Di Meola grew out of Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who, shares an orbit with Return to Forever, Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham and Mahavishnu Orchestra, went on to shape Stanley Jordan, Steve Lukather, Jeff Buckley and Zakk Wylde. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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