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Don Cherry

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Don Cherry is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Hassan Hakmoun, Ian Dury, Carla Bley, Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane. Those roots explain a lot about how Don Cherry arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis and Paul Bley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tony Esposito, Sam Amidon, Margo Guryan, B.T. Express and Deserted Palace, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Don Cherry, reaching back through Hassan Hakmoun and forward to Tony Esposito. 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
Don CherryHassan HakmounIan DuryCarla BleyOrnette ColemanJohn ColtraneCharlie HadenSun RaAlbert AylerTony EspositoSam AmidonMargo GuryanB.T. ExpressDeserted PalaceTomasz StańkoJames HoldenAldo RomanoOrnette ColemanSonny SharrockWayne ShorterMiles DavisPaul BleyFreddie HubbardThelonious Monk

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Don Cherry connections

Don Cherry grew out of Hassan Hakmoun, Ian Dury, Carla Bley and Ornette Coleman, shares an orbit with Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis, went on to shape Tony Esposito, Sam Amidon, Margo Guryan and B.T. Express. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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