◇ image via WikipediaLarry Carlton
Larry Carlton is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Lee Ritenour, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Wes Montgomery and B.B. King. Those roots explain a lot about how Larry Carlton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Crusaders, Dave Grusin, Nathan East and Marcus Miller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Robby Krieger, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt and Michael Jackson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Larry Carlton, reaching back through Lee Ritenour and forward to Robby Krieger. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Larry Carlton connections
Larry Carlton grew out of Lee Ritenour, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery, shares an orbit with The Crusaders, Dave Grusin, Nathan East and Marcus Miller, went on to shape Robby Krieger, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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