◇ image via WikipediaEd Motta
Ed Motta is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of João Barone, Cassiano, Ed Lincoln, Tim Maia and Jeff Beck. Those roots explain a lot about how Ed Motta arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gerson King Combo, Marcos Valle, Lulu Santos, João Donato and Gilberto Gil, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eliane Elias, Roy Ayers, Seu Jorge, Incognito and Ryuichi Sakamoto, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Ed Motta, reaching back through João Barone and forward to Eliane Elias. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ed Motta connections
Ed Motta grew out of João Barone, Cassiano, Ed Lincoln and Tim Maia, shares an orbit with Gerson King Combo, Marcos Valle, Lulu Santos and João Donato, went on to shape Eliane Elias, Roy Ayers, Seu Jorge and Incognito. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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