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Barney Kessel

Jazz
Jazz

Barney Kessel is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Lester Young, Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian. Those roots explain a lot about how Barney Kessel arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wes Montgomery, Howard Roberts, Charlie Byrd, Lee Konitz and Art Farmer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Steve Howe, Jim Hall and Larry Coryell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Barney Kessel, reaching back through Charlie Parker and forward to Richard & Linda Thompson. 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
Barney KesselCharlie ParkerOscar PetersonLester YoungDjango ReinhardtCharlie ChristianHerb EllisCharlie ByrdSlim GaillardRichard & Linda Thom…Richard ThompsonSteve HoweJim HallLarry CoryellMartin BarreLarry CarltonStacey KentWes MontgomeryHoward RobertsCharlie ByrdLee KonitzArt FarmerOscar PetersonColeman Hawkins

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Barney Kessel connections

Barney Kessel grew out of Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Lester Young and Django Reinhardt, shares an orbit with Wes Montgomery, Howard Roberts, Charlie Byrd and Lee Konitz, went on to shape Richard & Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Steve Howe and Jim Hall. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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