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Luiz Bonfá

Bossa nova
Bossa novaJazz

Luiz Bonfá is a Bossa nova and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Insensatez, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, João Gilberto and João Donato. Those roots explain a lot about how Luiz Bonfá arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as João Gilberto, Rosinha de Valença, Laurindo Almeida, João Donato and Tamba 4, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Somebody That I Used to Know, Quincy Jones, George Benson, Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Luiz Bonfá, reaching back through Insensatez and forward to Somebody That I Used to Know. 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
Luiz BonfáInsensatezAntônio Carlos JobimVinícius de MoraesJoão GilbertoJoão DonatoStan GetzCharlie ByrdSomebody That I Used…Quincy JonesGeorge BensonStan GetzFrank SinatraElvis PresleyAstrud GilbertoLarry CoryellJoão GilbertoRosinha de ValençaLaurindo AlmeidaJoão DonatoTamba 4Marcos ValleAstrud GilbertoWalter Wanderley

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Luiz Bonfá connections

Luiz Bonfá grew out of Insensatez, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes and João Gilberto, shares an orbit with João Gilberto, Rosinha de Valença, Laurindo Almeida and João Donato, went on to shape Somebody That I Used to Know, Quincy Jones, George Benson and Stan Getz. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots7

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Legacy17

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