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Jon Batiste

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Jazz

Jon Batiste is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Nick Waterhouse, Dan Wilson, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Verve Records and Atticus Ross. Those roots explain a lot about how Jon Batiste arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cory Wong, José James, Brad Mehldau, Cécile McLorin Salvant and Dominique Fils-Aimé, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Infinity Song, Lianne La Havas and Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Jon Batiste, reaching back through Nick Waterhouse and forward to Infinity Song. 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
Jon BatisteNick WaterhouseDan WilsonSharon Jones and the…Verve RecordsAtticus RossMahalia JacksonJames BrownLouis ArmstrongInfinity SongLianne La HavasDid You Know That Th…Cory WongJosé JamesBrad MehldauCécile McLorin SalvantDominique Fils-AiméRobert GlasperLeon BridgesLake Street Dive

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Jon Batiste connections

Jon Batiste grew out of Nick Waterhouse, Dan Wilson, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Verve Records, shares an orbit with Cory Wong, José James, Brad Mehldau and Cécile McLorin Salvant, went on to shape Infinity Song, Lianne La Havas and Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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