◇ image via WikipediaWillie Bobo
Willie Bobo is a Bossa nova act. Their sound grew out of Mongo Santamaria, Mary Lou Williams, Tito Puente and George Shearing. Those roots explain a lot about how Willie Bobo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Ibrahim Ferrer, Joe Bataan and Lonnie Liston Smith, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Beastie Boys, Chick Corea, Paul Horn, Santana and Cypress Hill, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Willie Bobo, reaching back through Mongo Santamaria and forward to Beastie Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Willie Bobo connections
Willie Bobo grew out of Mongo Santamaria, Mary Lou Williams, Tito Puente and George Shearing, shares an orbit with Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Ibrahim Ferrer and Joe Bataan, went on to shape Beastie Boys, Chick Corea, Paul Horn and Santana. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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