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Paul Motian

Jazz
Jazz

Paul Motian is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Kind of Blue, Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk, Paul Bley and Lee Konitz. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Motian arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paul Bley and Jan Garbarek, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bill Frisell and The Raveonettes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Paul Motian, reaching back through Kind of Blue and forward to Bill Frisell. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Paul MotianKind of BlueKeith JarrettThelonious MonkPaul BleyLee KonitzBill EvansCarla BleyCharlie HadenBill FrisellThe RaveonettesPaul BleyJan Garbarek

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Paul Motian connections

Paul Motian grew out of Kind of Blue, Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk and Paul Bley, shares an orbit with Paul Bley and Jan Garbarek, went on to shape Bill Frisell and The Raveonettes. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Sounds and acts that shaped Paul Motian.

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