◇ image via WikipediaDjavan
Djavan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, Cassiano and Lee Ritenour. Those roots explain a lot about how Djavan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Marisa Monte, Jorge Ben, Gilberto Gil, Lulu Santos and Milton Nascimento, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Loredana Bertè, Carmen McRae, Al Jarreau, Lura and The Manhattan Transfer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Djavan, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Loredana Bertè. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Djavan Caetano Viana is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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Djavan connections
Djavan grew out of The Beatles, Cassiano and Lee Ritenour, shares an orbit with Marisa Monte, Jorge Ben, Gilberto Gil and Lulu Santos, went on to shape Loredana Bertè, Carmen McRae, Al Jarreau and Lura. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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