◇ image via WikipediaJean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Michał Urbaniak, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Svend Asmussen and Return to Forever. Those roots explain a lot about how Jean-Luc Ponty arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Soft Machine, Chick Corea and Snarky Puppy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into George Duke, Vladimir Cosma, Frank Zappa, Elton John and John McLaughlin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Jean-Luc Ponty, reaching back through Michał Urbaniak and forward to George Duke. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jean-Luc Ponty grew out of Michał Urbaniak, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Svend Asmussen, shares an orbit with Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Soft Machine and Chick Corea, went on to shape George Duke, Vladimir Cosma, Frank Zappa and Elton John. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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