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Bobby McFerrin

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ClassicalJazzWorld music

Bobby McFerrin is a Classical and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches World music. Their sound grew out of Julee Cruise, Michael Brecker, Richard Bona, Kathleen Battle and Andreas Vollenweider. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby McFerrin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Marcus Miller, Take 6, Eva Cassidy, Madeleine Peyroux and Chick Corea, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nino Katamadze, Zap Mama, Sussan Deyhim, Marina Satti and Madison McFerrin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Bobby McFerrin, reaching back through Julee Cruise and forward to Nino Katamadze. 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
Bobby McFerrinJulee CruiseMichael BreckerRichard BonaKathleen BattleAndreas VollenweiderFrom Me to YouZee AviThe OlympicsNino KatamadzeZap MamaSussan DeyhimMarina SattiMadison McFerrinZazChick CoreaHerbie HancockMarcus MillerTake 6Eva CassidyMadeleine PeyrouxChick CoreaEddy GrantJamie CullumBob Marley

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Bobby McFerrin connections

Bobby McFerrin grew out of Julee Cruise, Michael Brecker, Richard Bona and Kathleen Battle, shares an orbit with Marcus Miller, Take 6, Eva Cassidy and Madeleine Peyroux, went on to shape Nino Katamadze, Zap Mama, Sussan Deyhim and Marina Satti. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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