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Letta Mbulu

Jazz
Jazz

Letta Mbulu is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Cannonball Adderley and David Axelrod. Those roots explain a lot about how Letta Mbulu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hugh Masekela, Manu Dibango, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Francis Bebey and Orchestra Baobab, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Michael Jackson and Spanky Wilson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Letta Mbulu, reaching back through Harry Belafonte and forward to Michael Jackson. 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
Letta MbuluHarry BelafonteMiriam MakebaHugh MasekelaCannonball AdderleyDavid AxelrodMichael JacksonSpanky WilsonHugh MasekelaManu DibangoTabu Ley RochereauFrancis BebeyOrchestra BaobabMulatu AstatkeAmadou & MariamTony Allen

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Letta Mbulu connections

Letta Mbulu grew out of Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela and Cannonball Adderley, shares an orbit with Hugh Masekela, Manu Dibango, Tabu Ley Rochereau and Francis Bebey, went on to shape Michael Jackson and Spanky Wilson. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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