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Afro-Cuban All Stars

Afro-Cuban All Stars is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sierra Maestra and Afrocubism. Those roots explain a lot about how Afro-Cuban All Stars arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, Sierra Maestra, Vieja Trova Santiaguera and Compay Segundo, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Compay Segundo, Omara Portuondo and Eliades Ochoa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Afro-Cuban All Stars, reaching back through Sierra Maestra and forward to Ibrahim Ferrer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Afro-Cuban All Stars is a Cuban band led by Juan de Marcos González. Their music is a mix of all the styles of Cuban music, including bolero, chachachá, salsa, son montuno, timba, guajira, danzón, rumba and abakua.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Afro-Cuban All StarsSierra MaestraAfrocubismIbrahim FerrerRubén GonzálezCompay SegundoOmara PortuondoEliades OchoaEliades OchoaIbrahim FerrerSierra MaestraVieja Trova Santiagu…Compay SegundoMongo SantamariaOrishasLos Van Van

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Afro-Cuban All Stars connections

Afro-Cuban All Stars grew out of Sierra Maestra and Afrocubism, shares an orbit with Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, Sierra Maestra and Vieja Trova Santiaguera, went on to shape Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Compay Segundo and Omara Portuondo. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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