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Bob James is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Maynard Ferguson, Wes Montgomery, Lee Ritenour, Sarah Vaughan and Gábor Szabó. Those roots explain a lot about how Bob James arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dave Grusin, The Crusaders, Gregg Karukas, Lonnie Liston Smith and Nathan East, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kamaal Williams, Common, Wu-Tang Clan, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and De La Soul, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Bob James, reaching back through Maynard Ferguson and forward to Kamaal Williams. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bob James connections
Bob James grew out of Maynard Ferguson, Wes Montgomery, Lee Ritenour and Sarah Vaughan, shares an orbit with Dave Grusin, The Crusaders, Gregg Karukas and Lonnie Liston Smith, went on to shape Kamaal Williams, Common, Wu-Tang Clan and DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Bob James
Sounds and acts that shaped Bob James.
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