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James Morrison

Alternative rock
Alternative rockHouseRock

James Morrison is a Alternative rock and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Cab Calloway, Cat Stevens, Nelly Furtado, Dizzy Gillespie and Ray Charles. Those roots explain a lot about how James Morrison arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jason Mraz, James Blunt, Gavin DeGraw, JP Cooper and James Bay, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Allen Stone, Newton Faulkner, Aurea, Ilse DeLange and M People, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 56 connections around James Morrison, reaching back through Cab Calloway and forward to Allen Stone. 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
James MorrisonCab CallowayCat StevensNelly FurtadoDizzy GillespieRay CharlesB.B. KingGeorge BensonRay BrownAllen StoneNewton FaulknerAureaIlse DeLangeM PeopleLeon JacksonHuman NatureJason MrazJames BluntGavin DeGrawJP CooperJames BayDaniel PowterEmeli SandéWill Young

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James Morrison grew out of Cab Calloway, Cat Stevens, Nelly Furtado and Dizzy Gillespie, shares an orbit with Jason Mraz, James Blunt, Gavin DeGraw and JP Cooper, went on to shape Allen Stone, Newton Faulkner, Aurea and Ilse DeLange. 56 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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