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Branford Marsalis

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Branford Marsalis is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Herbie Hancock, Youssou N’Dour, Sonny Rollins and Wynton Marsalis. Those roots explain a lot about how Branford Marsalis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Michael Brecker, Chick Corea, Coleman Hawkins, Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Charnett Moffett, Public Enemy, Shanice, Dave Matthews Band and Dave Matthews, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Branford Marsalis, reaching back through Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and forward to Charnett Moffett. 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
Branford MarsalisArt Blakey & The Jaz…Herbie HancockYoussou N’DourSonny RollinsWynton MarsalisGil EvansArt BlakeyClark TerryCharnett MoffettPublic EnemyShaniceDave Matthews BandDave MatthewsBob DylanBob WeirBruce HornsbyMichael BreckerChick CoreaColeman HawkinsWayne ShorterFreddie Hubbard

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Branford Marsalis connections

Branford Marsalis grew out of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Herbie Hancock, Youssou N’Dour and Sonny Rollins, shares an orbit with Michael Brecker, Chick Corea, Coleman Hawkins and Wayne Shorter, went on to shape Charnett Moffett, Public Enemy, Shanice and Dave Matthews Band. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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