There is no genre that he hasn’t taken something from, with the likes of Lee Morgan, Alice Coltrane, Miles Davies, Scott Walker, Can, Sonic Youth and Magazine acting as the main influences that often get mentioned. Greenwood cites jazz, classical, rock, reggae, hip-hop and electronic as being essential sounds that have helped shape his own vision. “The only difference between the guitar and the Ondes Martenot is that you end up playing one more often because of touring,” he once told The Guardian.īalance is the name of Greenwood’s game, and like with everything he does, his influences are also readily varied.

He looks at music as a whole, and not just via the skewed lens of the guitar, and this perception has augmented his work immensely. These days, he’s more known for his compositional work and use of the Ondes Martenot than he is a guitarist, but more the power to him. He is the guitarist, keyboardist, arranger and the rest. Without him, they would be a completely different band. A genius who expertly tied the contemporary with the classical, as a solo artist and in Radiohead, Greenwood has created a unique niche for himself that many have tried and failed to imitate.įamously, he joined Radiohead at the age of 14 as their harmonica player, and never has a musician moonlighted so greatly.

One could even stretch that argument further and say he is the quintessential modern musician, but that would be a story for a different day. Jonny Greenwood is the definitive modern guitar player.

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