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Ray Brown

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Ray Brown is a Classical and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Dizzy Gillespie, Shelly Manne, Oscar Pettiford and Jimmy Giuffre. Those roots explain a lot about how Ray Brown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Oliver Nelson and Bill Evans, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jean-Jacques Burnel, Karriem Riggins, Diana Krall, James Morrison and Victor Wooten, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Ray Brown, reaching back through Dizzy Gillespie and forward to Jean-Jacques Burnel. 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
Ray BrownDizzy GillespieShelly ManneOscar PettifordJimmy GiuffreJean-Jacques BurnelKarriem RigginsDiana KrallJames MorrisonVictor WootenNathan EastPaul ChambersJohn PatitucciOscar PetersonHank JonesFreddie HubbardOliver NelsonBill EvansColeman HawkinsWynton KellyBarney Kessel

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Ray Brown connections

Ray Brown grew out of Dizzy Gillespie, Shelly Manne, Oscar Pettiford and Jimmy Giuffre, shares an orbit with Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, Freddie Hubbard and Oliver Nelson, went on to shape Jean-Jacques Burnel, Karriem Riggins, Diana Krall and James Morrison. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Ray Brown

Roots4

Sounds and acts that shaped Ray Brown.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Ray Brown.

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