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Richard Bona

Jazz
Jazz

Richard Bona is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Bobby McFerrin, Jaco Pastorius, Gerald Toto and Andreas Vollenweider. Those roots explain a lot about how Richard Bona arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Marcus Miller, Nathan East, Victor Wooten, Bobby McFerrin and Cheikh Lô, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Zaz, Manu Dibango, Salif Keita, Didier Lockwood and Joe Zawinul, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Richard Bona, reaching back through Bobby McFerrin and forward to Zaz. 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
Richard BonaBobby McFerrinJaco PastoriusGerald TotoAndreas VollenweiderZazManu DibangoSalif KeitaDidier LockwoodJoe ZawinulLarry CoryellMichaelRandy BreckerMarcus MillerNathan EastVictor WootenBobby McFerrinCheikh LôNils LandgrenRobert GlasperHugh Masekela

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Richard Bona connections

Richard Bona grew out of Bobby McFerrin, Jaco Pastorius, Gerald Toto and Andreas Vollenweider, shares an orbit with Marcus Miller, Nathan East, Victor Wooten and Bobby McFerrin, went on to shape Zaz, Manu Dibango, Salif Keita and Didier Lockwood. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Richard Bona

Roots4

Sounds and acts that shaped Richard Bona.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Richard Bona.

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Legacy17

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