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Bob James

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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 Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, The Crusaders, George Benson and Brian Culbertson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kamaal Williams, Missy Elliott, will.i.am, Dream and Common, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Bob JamesMaynard FergusonWes MontgomeryLee RitenourSarah VaughanGábor SzabóStanley TurrentineGrover Washington Jr.Roberta FlackKamaal WilliamsMissy Elliottwill.i.amDreamCommonWu-Tang ClanDJ Jazzy Jeff & the …De La SoulLee RitenourDave GrusinThe CrusadersGeorge BensonBrian CulbertsonGregg KarukasLonnie Liston SmithNathan East

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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 Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, The Crusaders and George Benson, went on to shape Kamaal Williams, Missy Elliott, will.i.am and Dream. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Bob James

Roots14

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Bob James.

Bands Bob James shaped

Legacy21

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