◇ image via WikipediaMonty Alexander
Monty Alexander is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Les McCann, Frank Sinatra and Three Little Birds. Those roots explain a lot about how Monty Alexander arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, Chick Corea, Horace Silver and Coleman Hawkins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ernest Ranglin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Monty Alexander, reaching back through Ahmad Jamal and forward to Ernest Ranglin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Monty Alexander connections
Monty Alexander grew out of Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Les McCann and Frank Sinatra, shares an orbit with Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, Chick Corea and Horace Silver, went on to shape Ernest Ranglin. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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