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Curtis Fuller

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Jazz

Curtis Fuller is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey and J. J. Johnson. Those roots explain a lot about how Curtis Fuller arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones and Thad Jones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Count Basie, Benny Golson, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie and Roberta Gambarini, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Curtis Fuller, reaching back through Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and forward to Count Basie. 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
Curtis FullerArt Blakey & The Jaz…Art BlakeyJ. J. JohnsonCount BasieBenny GolsonArt BlakeyDizzy GillespieRoberta GambariniPaul ChambersDonald ByrdTommy FlanaganHank MobleyHorace SilverFreddie HubbardHank JonesThad JonesWayne ShorterDizzy GillespieArt Farmer

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Curtis Fuller connections

Curtis Fuller grew out of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey and J. J. Johnson, shares an orbit with Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard and Hank Jones, went on to shape Count Basie, Benny Golson, Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillespie. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Curtis Fuller

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Sounds and acts that shaped Curtis Fuller.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Curtis Fuller.

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