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Andy Summers

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Andy Summers is a Jazz and Progressive rock act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Nico Vega, Gustavo Cerati, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and Kenny Burrell. Those roots explain a lot about how Andy Summers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Marcus Miller, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham, Dave Grusin and Charlie Hunter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Songs About Jane, Robert Fripp, Sting, João Barone and Jermaine Stewart, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Andy Summers, reaching back through Nico Vega and forward to Songs About Jane. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Andy SummersNico VegaGustavo CeratiThelonious MonkDizzy GillespieKenny BurrellWes MontgomeryCharles MingusMiles DavisSongs About JaneRobert FrippStingJoão BaroneJermaine StewartMarcus MillerMahavishnu OrchestraBilly CobhamDave GrusinCharlie HunterSnarky PuppyMiles Davis

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Andy Summers connections

Andy Summers grew out of Nico Vega, Gustavo Cerati, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie, shares an orbit with Marcus Miller, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham and Dave Grusin, went on to shape Songs About Jane, Robert Fripp, Sting and João Barone. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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