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Allan Holdsworth

Jazz
JazzProgressive rock

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 Jean-Luc Ponty, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham and Dave Weckl, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into BPM, Synyster Gates, Level 42, Alex Lifeson and Larks' Tongues in Aspic, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Allan Holdsworth, reaching back through Tony Williams and forward to BPM. 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
Allan HoldsworthTony WilliamsLevel 42Nicolas SlonimskyDanny ThompsonBPMSynyster GatesLevel 42Alex LifesonLarks' Tongues in As…Narada Michael WaldenGuthrie GovanJohan ReinholdzJean-Luc PontyReturn to ForeverMahavishnu OrchestraBilly CobhamDave WecklSoft MachineSimon PhillipsThe Brecker Brothers

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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 Jean-Luc Ponty, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Billy Cobham, went on to shape BPM, Synyster Gates, Level 42 and Alex Lifeson. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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