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Babatunde Olatunji

Babatunde Olatunji is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Cannonball Adderley, Patti LaBelle, Eddie Palmieri, Nawang Khechog and John Coltrane. Those roots explain a lot about how Babatunde Olatunji arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Timaya, Ali Farka Touré, Femi Kuti, Orchestra Baobab and Tinariwen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Carlos Santana, Kai Winding and Herbie Mann, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Babatunde Olatunji, reaching back through Cannonball Adderley and forward to John Coltrane. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Michael Babatunde Olatunji was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist.

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Babatunde OlatunjiCannonball AdderleyPatti LaBelleEddie PalmieriNawang KhechogJohn ColtraneHorace SilverQuincy JonesStevie WonderJohn ColtraneBob DylanCarlos SantanaKai WindingHerbie MannSerge GainsbourgRichie HavensTaj MahalTimayaAli Farka TouréFemi KutiOrchestra BaobabTinariwenToumani DiabatéBembeya Jazz NationalAmadou & Mariam

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Babatunde Olatunji connections

Babatunde Olatunji grew out of Cannonball Adderley, Patti LaBelle, Eddie Palmieri and Nawang Khechog, shares an orbit with Timaya, Ali Farka Touré, Femi Kuti and Orchestra Baobab, went on to shape John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Carlos Santana and Kai Winding. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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