Basquiat similarly integrated raw figurative drawing with text, musical notation, and street energy on paper using ink, creating spontaneous works that blur boundaries between visual art and music with a neo-expressionist urgency directly comparable to this piece.

A close collaborator and friend of Haring running in the same New York downtown scene, Scharf creates exuberant ink based figurative drawings filled with dancing cartoon forms and playful characters that share the same spontaneous, joyful energy and pop influenced line work seen here.

Directly cited as a collaborator on this very piece at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Warhol created works on paper combining bold figurative line drawing with pop cultural references, music imagery, and playful spontaneity that are intrinsically linked to this drawing's creation and aesthetic.