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Clifford Brown

Jazz
Jazz

Clifford Brown is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Take the "A" Train, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Art Blakey and J. J. Johnson. Those roots explain a lot about how Clifford Brown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, Art Farmer and Thad Jones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Randy Brecker, Richard Galliano, Miles Davis Quintet, Chet Baker and Wynton Marsalis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Clifford Brown, reaching back through Take the "A" Train and forward to Randy Brecker. 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
Clifford BrownTake the "A" TrainDizzy GillespieFats NavarroArt BlakeyJ. J. JohnsonMax RoachMiles DavisCharlie ParkerRandy BreckerRichard GallianoMiles Davis QuintetChet BakerWynton MarsalisBenny GolsonDon CherryDizzy GillespieDizzy GillespieFreddie HubbardHank MobleyArt FarmerThad JonesHorace SilverThelonious MonkMiles Davis

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Clifford Brown connections

Clifford Brown grew out of Take the "A" Train, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Art Blakey, shares an orbit with Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley and Art Farmer, went on to shape Randy Brecker, Richard Galliano, Miles Davis Quintet and Chet Baker. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Clifford Brown

Roots8

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Clifford Brown.

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Legacy17

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