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Catalyst is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of John Coltrane, Weather Report and Return to Forever. Those roots explain a lot about how Catalyst arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gary Bartz, Johnny Hammond, Eddie Henderson, Idris Muhammad and Jack McDuff, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Christian McBride, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Catalyst, reaching back through John Coltrane and forward to Christian McBride. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Catalyst connections
Catalyst grew out of John Coltrane, Weather Report and Return to Forever, shares an orbit with Gary Bartz, Johnny Hammond, Eddie Henderson and Idris Muhammad, went on to shape Christian McBride. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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