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Boris Gardiner

Ska
Ska

Boris Gardiner is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Byron Lee. Those roots explain a lot about how Boris Gardiner arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Derrick Morgan, Sound Dimension, Tommy McCook, Lloyd Charmers and Eddy Grant, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Junior Murvin, The Heptones, Marcia Griffiths, Kendrick Lamar and Hugh Mundell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Boris Gardiner, reaching back through Byron Lee and forward to Junior Murvin. 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
Boris GardinerByron LeeJunior MurvinThe HeptonesMarcia GriffithsKendrick LamarHugh MundellDerrick MorganSound DimensionTommy McCookLloyd CharmersEddy GrantHopeton LewisNicky ThomasHarry J Allstars

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Boris Gardiner connections

Boris Gardiner grew out of Byron Lee, shares an orbit with Derrick Morgan, Sound Dimension, Tommy McCook and Lloyd Charmers, went on to shape Junior Murvin, The Heptones, Marcia Griffiths and Kendrick Lamar. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Boris Gardiner

Roots1

Sounds and acts that shaped Boris Gardiner.

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Kindred24

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