I was giving it some thought and was wondering if I
was wrong in my accessment. As far as a timeline and
influences as far as styles, I picture a tree with
Charlie Christian at the apex and then two branches
with Wes Montgomery on one side and Jim Hall on the
other. It could look like this with players similiar
in style or mentioned influences branching further:
Charlie Christian
/ \
Wes Montgomery Jim Hall
/ \ / \
Benson, Martino, Raney Goodrick, Metheny,
Scofield
This is just given as an example and maybe there are
far too many players to peg this way. But it seems
that there is one group who's lines are more bop
oriented while another is more into space and
textures.
Is this fair?
Sean Williams
www.gtr4hire.com
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