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The Manhattan Transfer

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The Manhattan Transfer is a Blues and Gospel act. Their catalogue also touches Jazz. Their sound grew out of Airto Moreira, The Delfonics, Take 6, The Ad Libs and Bobby McFerrin. Those roots explain a lot about how The Manhattan Transfer arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eva Cassidy, Bobby McFerrin, Take 6, Natalie Cole and Carmen McRae, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pentatonix, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around The Manhattan Transfer, reaching back through Airto Moreira and forward to Pentatonix. 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 Manhattan TransferAirto MoreiraThe DelfonicsTake 6The Ad LibsBobby McFerrinJoe ZawinulOscar Brown Jr.Rod TempertonPentatonixEva CassidyBobby McFerrinTake 6Natalie ColeCarmen McRaeNancy WilsonCount BasieDinah Washington

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The Manhattan Transfer connections

The Manhattan Transfer grew out of Airto Moreira, The Delfonics, Take 6 and The Ad Libs, shares an orbit with Eva Cassidy, Bobby McFerrin, Take 6 and Natalie Cole, went on to shape Pentatonix. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Manhattan Transfer

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