◇ image via WikipediaMasayoshi Takanaka
Masayoshi Takanaka is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Santana, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Tower of Power and Hibari Misora. Those roots explain a lot about how Masayoshi Takanaka arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shigeru Suzuki, Kingo Hamada, Ryo Fukui, Yurie Kokubu and Toshiki Kadomatsu, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Grimes, Ginger Root and Patrice Rushen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Masayoshi Takanaka, reaching back through Santana and forward to Grimes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Masayoshi Takanaka connections
Masayoshi Takanaka grew out of Santana, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Tower of Power, shares an orbit with Shigeru Suzuki, Kingo Hamada, Ryo Fukui and Yurie Kokubu, went on to shape Grimes, Ginger Root and Patrice Rushen. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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