Miles Davis + The Dave Brubeck Quartet: the Core Relation

Two endpoints. 4 steps. Where would you dig next?

Teo Macero produced the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out and Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew.

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Miles Davis → Bitches Brew → Teo Macero → Time Out → The Dave Brubeck Quartet

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Nirvana to Pixies in four steps, through the recording desk.

An editorial recommendation in the same behind the console theme; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.

Steve Albini recorded In Utero and Surfer Rosa.

Nirvana → In Utero → Steve Albini → Surfer Rosa → Pixies

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Doolittle and Everlong share a person behind the console.

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Gil Norton produced Pixies’ Doolittle and Foo Fighters’ The Colour and the Shape.

Pixies → Doolittle → Gil Norton → The Colour and the Shape → Foo Fighters

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Slayer and Adele have a core relation. Four steps. Really.

An editorial recommendation in the same behind the console theme; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.

Rick Rubin produced Reign in Blood and several tracks on Adele’s 21.

Slayer → Reign in Blood → Rick Rubin → 21 → Adele

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Find a different route

Open Find, choose Miles Davis and The Dave Brubeck Quartet and explore the graph. This is one documented route; the finder may offer a shorter one. Follow a person, a record or a place that catches your ear.

Spot a missing credit or a better source? Open the relevant entry and contribute what you can document. A cover, sample, shared city and shared stage mean different things; the source should support the exact relationship.

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