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The Brecker Brothers

The Brecker Brothers is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jun Fukamachi. Those roots explain a lot about how The Brecker Brothers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Michael Brecker, Billy Cobham, Alphonse Mouzon, Dave Weckl and Lee Ritenour, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dirty Loops, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Todd Rundgren, Parliament and Casiopea, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The Brecker Brothers, reaching back through Jun Fukamachi and forward to Dirty Loops. 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
The Brecker BrothersJun FukamachiDirty LoopsBlood, Sweat and TearsTodd RundgrenParliamentCasiopeaFrank ZappaFrank SinatraEric ClaptonMichael BreckerBilly CobhamAlphonse MouzonDave WecklLee RitenourMarcus MillerThe CrusadersLenny White

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The Brecker Brothers connections

The Brecker Brothers grew out of Jun Fukamachi, shares an orbit with Michael Brecker, Billy Cobham, Alphonse Mouzon and Dave Weckl, went on to shape Dirty Loops, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Todd Rundgren and Parliament. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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