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Bill Bruford is a Jazz and Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Phil Collins, Ginger Baker, Max Roach, Elvin Jones and Joe Morello. Those roots explain a lot about how Bill Bruford arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as National Health, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, King Crimson and Robert Fripp, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Phil Collins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Bill Bruford, reaching back through Phil Collins and forward to Phil Collins. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bill Bruford grew out of Phil Collins, Ginger Baker, Max Roach and Elvin Jones, shares an orbit with National Health, Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra and King Crimson, went on to shape Phil Collins. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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