◇ image via WikipediaAnthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Charlie Parker, Return to Forever, Paul Desmond, Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy. Those roots explain a lot about how Anthony Braxton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, Henry Cow, Paul Bley and Miles Davis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Steve Lacy and Cat Power, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Anthony Braxton, reaching back through Charlie Parker and forward to Steve Lacy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Anthony Braxton connections
Anthony Braxton grew out of Charlie Parker, Return to Forever, Paul Desmond and Ornette Coleman, shares an orbit with Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, Henry Cow and Paul Bley, went on to shape Steve Lacy and Cat Power. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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