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Mike Stern

Jazz
Jazz

Mike Stern is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Richard Bona, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. Those roots explain a lot about how Mike Stern arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Michael Brecker, Marcus Miller, Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl and The Brecker Brothers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into BPM, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Mike Stern, reaching back through Richard Bona and forward to BPM. 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
Mike SternRichard BonaB.B. KingEric ClaptonJimi HendrixMiles DavisDarryl JonesDave WecklAndy McKeeBPMMichael BreckerMarcus MillerBilly CobhamDave WecklThe Brecker BrothersMark Lettieri

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Mike Stern connections

Mike Stern grew out of Richard Bona, B.B. King, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, shares an orbit with Michael Brecker, Marcus Miller, Billy Cobham and Dave Weckl, went on to shape BPM. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots10

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