◇ image via WikipediaSteve Gadd
Steve Gadd is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Edie Brickell, Richard Bona, Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones and Tony Williams. Those roots explain a lot about how Steve Gadd arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Omar Hakim and Hiram Bullock, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Harvey Mason, Maynard Ferguson, The Mark, Tom and Travis Show, Nick Menza and Gavin Harrison, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Steve Gadd, reaching back through Edie Brickell and forward to Harvey Mason. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Steve Gadd connections
Steve Gadd grew out of Edie Brickell, Richard Bona, Buddy Rich and Elvin Jones, shares an orbit with Omar Hakim and Hiram Bullock, went on to shape Harvey Mason, Maynard Ferguson, The Mark, Tom and Travis Show and Nick Menza. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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