◇ image via WikipediaAl Foster
Al Foster is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Miles Davis. Those roots explain a lot about how Al Foster arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chick Corea and Robert Glasper, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mino Cinelu, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and McCoy Tyner, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Al Foster, reaching back through Miles Davis and forward to Mino Cinelu. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Al Foster connections
Al Foster grew out of Miles Davis, shares an orbit with Chick Corea and Robert Glasper, went on to shape Mino Cinelu, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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