◇ image via WikipediaBobby Valentin
Bobby Valentin is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johnny Pacheco and Willie Rosario. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby Valentin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roberto Roena y Su Apollo Sound, Ray Barretto, Grupo Niche, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico and Willie Gonzalez, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Willie Rosario, Tito Rodriguez and Ray Barretto, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Bobby Valentin, reaching back through Johnny Pacheco and forward to Willie Rosario. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bobby Valentin connections
Bobby Valentin grew out of Johnny Pacheco and Willie Rosario, shares an orbit with Roberto Roena y Su Apollo Sound, Ray Barretto, Grupo Niche and El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico, went on to shape Willie Rosario, Tito Rodriguez and Ray Barretto. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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