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Miles Davis

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Miles Davis is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Curtis Fuller, Clark Terry, Billy Eckstine, Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillespie. Those roots explain a lot about how Miles Davis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Evans and Ornette Coleman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Charlie Puth, Mark Isham, The Flock, Gilberto Gil and Dick Lövgren, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 261 connections around Miles Davis, reaching back through Curtis Fuller and forward to Charlie Puth. 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
Miles DavisCurtis FullerClark TerryBilly EckstineArt BlakeyDizzy GillespieCharlie ParkerColeman HawkinsJ. J. JohnsonCharlie PuthMark IshamThe FlockGilberto GilDick LövgrenBloodlineMama AfricaMudvayneWayne ShorterThelonious MonkFreddie HubbardBill EvansOrnette ColemanDuke EllingtonHank MobleyHorace Silver

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Miles Davis connections

Miles Davis grew out of Curtis Fuller, Clark Terry, Billy Eckstine and Art Blakey, shares an orbit with Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, Freddie Hubbard and Bill Evans, went on to shape Charlie Puth, Mark Isham, The Flock and Gilberto Gil. 261 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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