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John Scofield is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Karl Denson, Jon Cleary, Carla Bley, Jim Hall and Mononeon. Those roots explain a lot about how John Scofield arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Charlie Hunter, Joshua Redman, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Joe Lovano and Jack DeJohnette, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Medeski, Martin and Wood, BPM, John Mayer, Steve Vai and Angine de Poitrine, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around John Scofield, reaching back through Karl Denson and forward to Medeski, Martin and Wood. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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John Scofield connections
John Scofield grew out of Karl Denson, Jon Cleary, Carla Bley and Jim Hall, shares an orbit with Charlie Hunter, Joshua Redman, Medeski, Martin and Wood and Joe Lovano, went on to shape Medeski, Martin and Wood, BPM, John Mayer and Steve Vai. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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