◇ image via WikipediaAbdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim is a Folk and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Andreas Vollenweider and Hugh Masekela. Those roots explain a lot about how Abdullah Ibrahim arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hugh Masekela, Chick Corea, Oscar Peterson, Jan Garbarek and Paul Bley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joya Mooi, Jean Grae, Craig S. Harris and The Shaolin Afronauts, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Abdullah Ibrahim, reaching back through Andreas Vollenweider and forward to Joya Mooi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Abdullah Ibrahim connections
Abdullah Ibrahim grew out of Andreas Vollenweider and Hugh Masekela, shares an orbit with Hugh Masekela, Chick Corea, Oscar Peterson and Jan Garbarek, went on to shape Joya Mooi, Jean Grae, Craig S. Harris and The Shaolin Afronauts. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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