◇ image via WikipediaJohn Lewis
John Lewis is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Charlie Parker, Shelly Manne and Hank Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how John Lewis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lee Konitz, Jimmy Giuffre, Hank Jones, Paul Bley and Bill Evans, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Miles Davis, Percy Heath, Margo Guryan and Buckingham Nicks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around John Lewis, reaching back through Charlie Parker and forward to Miles Davis. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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John Lewis connections
John Lewis grew out of Charlie Parker, Shelly Manne and Hank Jones, shares an orbit with Lee Konitz, Jimmy Giuffre, Hank Jones and Paul Bley, went on to shape Miles Davis, Percy Heath, Margo Guryan and Buckingham Nicks. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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