◇ image via WikipediaWes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Johnny Pate, The Champs, Charlie Christian, John Coltrane and Johnny Griffin. Those roots explain a lot about how Wes Montgomery arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barney Kessel, Hank Mobley, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard and Wayne Shorter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lee Ritenour, Robby Krieger, Stevie Wonder, George Benson and Bob James, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Wes Montgomery, reaching back through Johnny Pate and forward to Lee Ritenour. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Wes Montgomery connections
Wes Montgomery grew out of Johnny Pate, The Champs, Charlie Christian and John Coltrane, shares an orbit with Barney Kessel, Hank Mobley, George Benson and Freddie Hubbard, went on to shape Lee Ritenour, Robby Krieger, Stevie Wonder and George Benson. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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