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Jan Hammer

Alternative rock
Alternative rockJazzSynth-pop

Jan Hammer is a Alternative rock and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of Erroll Garner, Bill Evans, Paul Bley, Jimmy Smith and Jo Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Jan Hammer arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Art of Noise, Wang Chung, Thompson Twins, John Parr and Climie Fisher, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Czesław Niemen, Casino Versus Japan, Donny Benét, Savoir Adore and Level 42, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Jan Hammer, reaching back through Erroll Garner and forward to Czesław Niemen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Jan HammerErroll GarnerBill EvansPaul BleyJimmy SmithJo JonesPhilly Joe JonesElvin JonesTony WilliamsCzesław NiemenCasino Versus JapanDonny BenétSavoir AdoreLevel 42Jeff BeckTqArt of NoiseWang ChungThompson TwinsJohn ParrClimie FisherRuss BallardJerry GoldsmithKenny Loggins

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Jan Hammer connections

Jan Hammer grew out of Erroll Garner, Bill Evans, Paul Bley and Jimmy Smith, shares an orbit with Art of Noise, Wang Chung, Thompson Twins and John Parr, went on to shape Czesław Niemen, Casino Versus Japan, Donny Benét and Savoir Adore. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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