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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 Rod Temperton, Ronnie Cuber, State of Independence, Sandhy Sondoro and Siedah Garrett. 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, Peabo Bryson and Natalie Cole, 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 29 connections around Patti Austin, reaching back through Rod Temperton 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Patti AustinRod TempertonRonnie CuberState of IndependenceSandhy SondoroSiedah GarrettIvan LinsJames IngramElla FitzgeraldBecause I Love ItYurie KokubuEsperanza SpaldingJack JonesBrenda RussellDeBargeEl DeBargePeabo BrysonNatalie ColeJeffrey OsborneVanessa WilliamsThe Crusaders

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Patti Austin grew out of Rod Temperton, Ronnie Cuber, State of Independence and Sandhy Sondoro, shares an orbit with Brenda Russell, DeBarge, El DeBarge and Peabo Bryson, went on to shape Because I Love It, Yurie Kokubu, Esperanza Spalding and Jack Jones. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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