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Maynard Ferguson is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Ronnie Cuber, Charlie Mariano, Pérez Prado, Keith Mansfield and Lucio Dalla. Those roots explain a lot about how Maynard Ferguson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Snarky Puppy and Freddie Hubbard, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bob James, Mahogany, Gino Vannelli, Peter Erskine and Joe Zawinul, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Maynard Ferguson, reaching back through Ronnie Cuber and forward to Bob James. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Maynard Ferguson connections
Maynard Ferguson grew out of Ronnie Cuber, Charlie Mariano, Pérez Prado and Keith Mansfield, shares an orbit with Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and Snarky Puppy, went on to shape Bob James, Mahogany, Gino Vannelli and Peter Erskine. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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