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It's inaccurate
Charlie Christian
Barney Kessel
Raney, Farlow and Chuck Wayne are above Wes Montgomery
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Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall were friends and contemporaries just like Raney & Farlow
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the question of contemporary influence is another matter
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This is just the timeline. Raney already had records by 48 and 49 and famous ones with Getz in 1951
On the question of influence Wes has acknowledged Raney & Farlow as influences but he really copied Christian.
This is gone into some detail in various places
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So maybe parallel influence with acknow
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Charlie Christian
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Wes Montgomery Jim Hall
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Benson, Martino, Raney Goodrick, Metheny,
Scofield
Is this fair?
