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Bill Summers

Bill Summers is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Herbie Hancock, Salif Keita and Quincy Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Bill Summers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mystic Merlin, Uncle Louie, Kleeer, Milton Wright and Average White Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pebbles and Rodney Franklin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Bill Summers, reaching back through Herbie Hancock and forward to Pebbles. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Bill Summers is an American Afro-Cuban jazz/Latin jazz percussionist, a multi-instrumentalist who plays primarily on conga drums.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Bill SummersHerbie HancockSalif KeitaQuincy JonesPebblesRodney FranklinMystic MerlinUncle LouieKleeerMilton WrightAverage White BandPleasureFinis HendersonDon Blackman

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Bill Summers connections

Bill Summers grew out of Herbie Hancock, Salif Keita and Quincy Jones, shares an orbit with Mystic Merlin, Uncle Louie, Kleeer and Milton Wright, went on to shape Pebbles and Rodney Franklin. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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