◇ image via WikipediaGary Burton
Gary Burton is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Chick Corea, Carla Bley, Ralph Towner, Chega de Saudade and Phil Upchurch. Those roots explain a lot about how Gary Burton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chick Corea, Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Jan Garbarek, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sound Directions, Yesterday's New Quintet, Pat Metheny, ECM Records and Madlib, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Gary Burton, reaching back through Chick Corea and forward to Sound Directions. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gary Burton connections
Gary Burton grew out of Chick Corea, Carla Bley, Ralph Towner and Chega de Saudade, shares an orbit with Chick Corea, Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, went on to shape Sound Directions, Yesterday's New Quintet, Pat Metheny and ECM Records. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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