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On the Corner is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Sly Stone, James Brown, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ornette Coleman and Paul Buckmaster. Those roots explain a lot about how On the Corner arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Herbie Hancock, Cecil Taylor, Gil Evans, Stan Getz and Mahavishnu Orchestra, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around On the Corner, reaching back through Sly Stone and forward to Herbie Hancock. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
On the Corner is a studio album by the American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. It was recorded in June and July 1972 and released on October 11 of that year by Columbia Records. The album continued Davis' exploration of jazz fusion, and explicitly drew on the funk of Sly Stone and James Brown, the experimental music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, the free jazz of Ornette Coleman, and the work of collaborator Paul Buckmaster.
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On the Corner connections
On the Corner grew out of Sly Stone, James Brown, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Ornette Coleman, went on to shape Herbie Hancock, Cecil Taylor, Gil Evans and Stan Getz. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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