◇ image via WikipediaJohn Lurie
John Lurie is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Canned Heat. Those roots explain a lot about how John Lurie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ornette Coleman and Dave Grusin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Angelique Kidjo and Iggy Pop, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around John Lurie, reaching back through Mississippi Fred McDowell and forward to Leonard Cohen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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John Lurie connections
John Lurie grew out of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Canned Heat, shares an orbit with Ornette Coleman and Dave Grusin, went on to shape Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Angelique Kidjo and Iggy Pop. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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