◇ image via WikipediaEbo Taylor
Ebo Taylor is a Highlife act. Their sound grew out of Fela Kuti. Those roots explain a lot about how Ebo Taylor arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fela Kuti, The Lijadu Sisters, The Souljazz Orchestra, Manu Dibango and William Onyeabor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jidenna, Rapsody, Vic Mensa, Usher and Ludacris, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Ebo Taylor, reaching back through Fela Kuti and forward to Jidenna. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ebo Taylor connections
Ebo Taylor grew out of Fela Kuti, shares an orbit with Fela Kuti, The Lijadu Sisters, The Souljazz Orchestra and Manu Dibango, went on to shape Jidenna, Rapsody, Vic Mensa and Usher. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- The Souljazz Orchestraartist
- Manu Dibangoartist
- William Onyeaborartist
- Orlando Juliusartist
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- T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmoartist
- Dele Sosimiartist
- Hugh Masekelaartist
- The Budos Bandartist
- Kokorokoartist
- Seun Kutiartist
- The Shaolin Afronautsartist
- Robartist
- Nubiyan Twistartist
- Menahan Street Bandartist
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