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Stanley Jordan

World music
World music

Stanley Jordan is a World music act. Their sound grew out of Al Di Meola, Milton Babbitt, Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie and Phil Lesh. Those roots explain a lot about how Stanley Jordan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wes Montgomery, Marcus Miller, Dave Grusin, Billy Cobham and The Crusaders, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Quincy Jones, Stanley Clarke, The String Cheese Incident, Phil Lesh and moe., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Stanley Jordan, reaching back through Al Di Meola and forward to Quincy Jones. 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
Stanley JordanAl Di MeolaMilton BabbittBenny CarterDizzy GillespiePhil LeshQuincy JonesStanley ClarkeThe String Cheese In…Phil Leshmoe.Burt BacharachBilly CobhamRebbie JacksonWes MontgomeryMarcus MillerDave GrusinBilly CobhamThe CrusadersChick Corea

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Stanley Jordan connections

Stanley Jordan grew out of Al Di Meola, Milton Babbitt, Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie, shares an orbit with Wes Montgomery, Marcus Miller, Dave Grusin and Billy Cobham, went on to shape Quincy Jones, Stanley Clarke, The String Cheese Incident and Phil Lesh. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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