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Manu Katché

Jazz
JazzProgressive rockWorld music

Manu Katché is a Jazz and Progressive rock act. Their catalogue also touches World music. Their sound grew out of Oleta Adams, Mathias Eick, Level 42 and Tomasz Stańko. Those roots explain a lot about how Manu Katché arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jan Garbarek, Nils Landgren and Aldo Romano, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sting, Peter Gabriel, Afro Celt Sound System, Jeff Beck and Al Di Meola, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Manu Katché, reaching back through Oleta Adams and forward to Sting. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Manu KatchéOleta AdamsMathias EickLevel 42Tomasz StańkoStingPeter GabrielAfro Celt Sound SystemJeff BeckAl Di MeolaTears for FearsEurythmicsSimple MindsJan GarbarekNils LandgrenAldo Romano

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Manu Katché grew out of Oleta Adams, Mathias Eick, Level 42 and Tomasz Stańko, shares an orbit with Jan Garbarek, Nils Landgren and Aldo Romano, went on to shape Sting, Peter Gabriel, Afro Celt Sound System and Jeff Beck. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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