◇ image via WikipediaAllan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth is a Jazz and Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Tony Williams, Level 42, Nicolas Slonimsky and Danny Thompson. Those roots explain a lot about how Allan Holdsworth arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl, Soft Machine and The Brecker Brothers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Johan Reinholdz, BPM, Synyster Gates, Level 42 and Alex Lifeson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Allan Holdsworth, reaching back through Tony Williams and forward to Johan Reinholdz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Allan Holdsworth connections
Allan Holdsworth grew out of Tony Williams, Level 42, Nicolas Slonimsky and Danny Thompson, shares an orbit with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl and Soft Machine, went on to shape Johan Reinholdz, BPM, Synyster Gates and Level 42. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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