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Manu Dibango is a Afrobeat and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches World music. Their sound grew out of Bernie Worrell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Don Cherry, Sly and Robbie and Richard Bona. Those roots explain a lot about how Manu Dibango arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ebo Taylor, The Souljazz Orchestra, Fela Kuti, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra and The Lijadu Sisters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Voyage and Yinka Davies, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Manu Dibango, reaching back through Bernie Worrell and forward to Lafayette Afro Rock Band. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Manu Dibango connections
Manu Dibango grew out of Bernie Worrell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Don Cherry and Sly and Robbie, shares an orbit with Ebo Taylor, The Souljazz Orchestra, Fela Kuti and Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, went on to shape Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Michael Jackson, Rihanna and Voyage. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Fela Kutiartist
- Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestraartist
- The Lijadu Sistersartist
- The Budos Bandartist
- Hugh Masekelaartist
- Lafayette Afro Rock Bandartist
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- Ikebe Shakedownartist
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- The Poets of Rhythmartist
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