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Oscar Peterson

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Oscar Peterson is a Blues and Funk act. Their catalogue also touches Jazz. Their sound grew out of Nat King Cole, Herb Ellis, Karriem Riggins, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Teddy Wilson. Those roots explain a lot about how Oscar Peterson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Bill Evans, Hank Jones, Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Anita O'Day, Barney Kessel, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Brad Mehldau and Paul Bley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Oscar Peterson, reaching back through Nat King Cole and forward to Anita O'Day. 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
Oscar PetersonNat King ColeHerb EllisKarriem RigginsAntônio Carlos JobimTeddy WilsonJames P. JohnsonArt TatumSergei RachmaninoffAnita O'DayBarney KesselToshiko AkiyoshiBrad MehldauPaul BleyShirley HornFlora PurimGary PeacockThe Ramsey Lewis TrioBill EvansHank JonesColeman HawkinsDuke EllingtonCount BasieRay BrownHorace Silver

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Oscar Peterson connections

Oscar Peterson grew out of Nat King Cole, Herb Ellis, Karriem Riggins and Antônio Carlos Jobim, shares an orbit with The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Bill Evans, Hank Jones and Coleman Hawkins, went on to shape Anita O'Day, Barney Kessel, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Brad Mehldau. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Oscar Peterson

Roots10

Sounds and acts that shaped Oscar Peterson.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Oscar Peterson.

Bands Oscar Peterson shaped

Legacy18

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