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Chris Botti

Jazz
Jazz

Chris Botti is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Yo-Yo Ma, Ten New Songs, Edie Brickell, Anne Dudley and Aaron Neville. Those roots explain a lot about how Chris Botti arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dave Grusin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sy Smith, Tiziano Ferro, Katharine McPhee, Katherine Jenkins and Aretha Franklin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Chris Botti, reaching back through Yo-Yo Ma and forward to Sy Smith. 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
Chris BottiYo-Yo MaTen New SongsEdie BrickellAnne DudleyAaron NevilleMiles DavisWoody ShawSy SmithTiziano FerroKatharine McPheeKatherine JenkinsAretha FranklinNatalie ColeBette MidlerJoni MitchellDave Grusin

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Chris Botti connections

Chris Botti grew out of Yo-Yo Ma, Ten New Songs, Edie Brickell and Anne Dudley, shares an orbit with Dave Grusin, went on to shape Sy Smith, Tiziano Ferro, Katharine McPhee and Katherine Jenkins. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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