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Miles Davis

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Miles Davis is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Clark Terry, Billy Eckstine, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. 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 Kyle Eastwood, Charlie Puth, Mark Isham, The Pop Group and Sonny Sharrock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 264 connections around Miles Davis, reaching back through Clark Terry and forward to Kyle Eastwood. 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 DavisClark TerryBilly EckstineArt BlakeyDizzy GillespieCharlie ParkerColeman HawkinsJ. J. JohnsonKenny ClarkeKyle EastwoodCharlie PuthMark IshamThe Pop GroupSonny SharrockDrumma BoyThe FlockGilberto GilWayne ShorterThelonious MonkFreddie HubbardBill EvansOrnette ColemanDuke EllingtonHank MobleyHorace Silver

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Miles Davis connections

Miles Davis grew out of Clark Terry, Billy Eckstine, Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillespie, shares an orbit with Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, Freddie Hubbard and Bill Evans, went on to shape Kyle Eastwood, Charlie Puth, Mark Isham and The Pop Group. 264 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Miles Davis

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