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Patti Austin

Jazz
JazzRhythm and blues

Patti Austin is a Jazz and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of State of Independence, Ronnie Cuber, Sandhy Sondoro, Siedah Garrett and Ivan Lins. Those roots explain a lot about how Patti Austin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Brenda Russell, DeBarge, El DeBarge, Lee Ritenour and Peabo Bryson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Because I Love It, Yurie Kokubu, Esperanza Spalding and Jack Jones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Patti Austin, reaching back through State of Independence and forward to Because I Love It. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Patti AustinState of IndependenceRonnie CuberSandhy SondoroSiedah GarrettIvan LinsJames IngramElla FitzgeraldJudy GarlandBecause I Love ItYurie KokubuEsperanza SpaldingJack JonesBrenda RussellDeBargeEl DeBargeLee RitenourPeabo BrysonNatalie ColeGeorge BensonBasia

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Patti Austin connections

Patti Austin grew out of State of Independence, Ronnie Cuber, Sandhy Sondoro and Siedah Garrett, shares an orbit with Brenda Russell, DeBarge, El DeBarge and Lee Ritenour, went on to shape Because I Love It, Yurie Kokubu, Esperanza Spalding and Jack Jones. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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