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Jorge Ben

Bossa nova
Bossa nova

Jorge Ben is a Bossa nova act. Their sound grew out of Erasmo Carlos, Money Mark, Bossanova, Tim Maia and Little Richard. Those roots explain a lot about how Jorge Ben arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Novos Baianos, Gilberto Gil, Arthur Verocai, Milton Nascimento and Caetano Veloso, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Zuco 103, Caetano Veloso, Miriam Makeba, Soulfly and Marisa Monte, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Jorge Ben, reaching back through Erasmo Carlos and forward to Zuco 103. 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
Jorge BenErasmo CarlosMoney MarkBossanovaTim MaiaLittle RichardJoão GilbertoZuco 103Caetano VelosoMiriam MakebaSoulflyMarisa MonteElla FitzgeraldOscar PetersonDizzy GillespieNovos BaianosGilberto GilArthur VerocaiMilton NascimentoCaetano VelosoMarcos ValleErasmo CarlosDjavan

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Jorge Ben connections

Jorge Ben grew out of Erasmo Carlos, Money Mark, Bossanova and Tim Maia, shares an orbit with Novos Baianos, Gilberto Gil, Arthur Verocai and Milton Nascimento, went on to shape Zuco 103, Caetano Veloso, Miriam Makeba and Soulfly. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots6

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