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Tony Williams

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Tony Williams is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Miles Davis, Austin Brown, The Platters, Bobby McFerrin and Freddie Hubbard. Those roots explain a lot about how Tony Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, Eddie Henderson and Wayne Shorter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Harvey Mason, Lenny White, Buckethead, Mitch Mitchell and Jan Hammer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Tony Williams, reaching back through Miles Davis 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Tony WilliamsMiles DavisAustin BrownThe PlattersBobby McFerrinFreddie HubbardMax RoachRon CarterMiles Davis QuintetHarvey MasonLenny WhiteBucketheadMitch MitchellJan HammerDanny CareyAllan HoldsworthShelly ManneBilly CobhamMahavishnu OrchestraMiles DavisEddie HendersonWayne ShorterThe Brecker BrothersChick CoreaFreddie Hubbard

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Tony Williams connections

Tony Williams grew out of Miles Davis, Austin Brown, The Platters and Bobby McFerrin, shares an orbit with Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis and Eddie Henderson, went on to shape Harvey Mason, Lenny White, Buckethead and Mitch Mitchell. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Tony Williams

Roots8

Sounds and acts that shaped Tony Williams.

Artists similar to Tony Williams

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Tony Williams.

Bands Tony Williams shaped

Legacy21

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