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Tony Levin

Jazz
JazzProgressive rock

Tony Levin is a Jazz and Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Steve Hunter, California Guitar Trio, John Lennon, Herbie Mann and Sarah McLachlan. Those roots explain a lot about how Tony Levin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Robert Fripp, The Flower Kings, King Crimson, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe and Soft Machine, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into California Guitar Trio, Les Claypool and Alice, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Tony Levin, reaching back through Steve Hunter and forward to California Guitar Trio. 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
Tony LevinSteve HunterCalifornia Guitar TrioJohn LennonHerbie MannSarah McLachlanStevie NicksPink FloydRobbie RobertsonCalifornia Guitar TrioLes ClaypoolAliceRobert FrippThe Flower KingsKing CrimsonAnderson Bruford Wak…Soft MachineMahavishnu OrchestraMarcus MillerVictor Wooten

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Tony Levin connections

Tony Levin grew out of Steve Hunter, California Guitar Trio, John Lennon and Herbie Mann, shares an orbit with Robert Fripp, The Flower Kings, King Crimson and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, went on to shape California Guitar Trio, Les Claypool and Alice. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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