◇ image via WikipediaKarriem Riggins
Karriem Riggins is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Robert Glasper Experiment, Robert Glasper, J Dilla, Grant Green and Betty Carter. Those roots explain a lot about how Karriem Riggins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Knxwledge, Robert Glasper, Yesterday's New Quintet, Slum Village and Robert Glasper Experiment, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jay Dee, Madlib, Donald Byrd, Hank Jones and Oscar Peterson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Karriem Riggins, reaching back through Robert Glasper Experiment and forward to Jay Dee. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Karriem Riggins is an American jazz drummer, record producer, DJ and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. He met Chicago rapper Common and fellow Detroit musician J Dilla both in 1996, and served as an extensive contributor for releases by both artists. He produced for Common's 1997 album One Day It'll All Make Sense, did so on much of his further projects, and formed the musical trio August Greene with the rapper alongside fellow jazz instrumentalist Robert Glasper in 2018. Furthermore, he formed the Jahari Massamba Unit with Madlib in 2020, and has also worked with prominent music industry artists including Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Denzel Curry, Earl Sweatshirt, and Norah Jones, among others.
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Karriem Riggins connections
Karriem Riggins grew out of Robert Glasper Experiment, Robert Glasper, J Dilla and Grant Green, shares an orbit with Knxwledge, Robert Glasper, Yesterday's New Quintet and Slum Village, went on to shape Jay Dee, Madlib, Donald Byrd and Hank Jones. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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