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Lee Ritenour is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Phil Perry, Wes Montgomery, Ivan Lins, Omar Hakim and The Mamas & the Papas. Those roots explain a lot about how Lee Ritenour arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dave Grusin, Marcus Miller, Nathan East, The Crusaders and Dave Weckl, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ray Parker Jr., Pink Floyd, Tom Browne, Ivan Lins and Djavan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Lee Ritenour, reaching back through Phil Perry and forward to Ray Parker Jr.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lee Ritenour connections
Lee Ritenour grew out of Phil Perry, Wes Montgomery, Ivan Lins and Omar Hakim, shares an orbit with Dave Grusin, Marcus Miller, Nathan East and The Crusaders, went on to shape Ray Parker Jr., Pink Floyd, Tom Browne and Ivan Lins. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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