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Nils Landgren

Nils Landgren is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Thad Jones, ABBA, The Crusaders, Eddie Harris and Wyclef Jean. Those roots explain a lot about how Nils Landgren arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Nils Landgren Funk Unit, Stacey Kent, Rebekka Bakken, Dominique Fils-Aimé and Marcus Miller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Maceo Parker, Tomasz Stańko, Esbjörn Svensson, Dionne Warwick and Joe Sample, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Nils Landgren, reaching back through Thad Jones and forward to Maceo Parker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Nils Landgren is a Swedish R&B, funk, and jazz trombone player and singer. He is known as The Man with the Red Horn because he plays a red trombone.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Nils LandgrenThad JonesABBAThe CrusadersEddie HarrisWyclef JeanHerbie HancockRoxanne SeemanMaceo ParkerTomasz StańkoEsbjörn SvenssonDionne WarwickJoe SampleRay Parker Jr.Nils Landgren Funk U…Stacey KentRebekka BakkenDominique Fils-AiméMarcus MillerMadeleine PeyrouxJosé James

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Nils Landgren connections

Nils Landgren grew out of Thad Jones, ABBA, The Crusaders and Eddie Harris, shares an orbit with Nils Landgren Funk Unit, Stacey Kent, Rebekka Bakken and Dominique Fils-Aimé, went on to shape Maceo Parker, Tomasz Stańko, Esbjörn Svensson and Dionne Warwick. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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