◇ image via WikipediaCedric Brooks
Cedric Brooks is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Ansel Collins and Sonny Rollins. Those roots explain a lot about how Cedric Brooks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Vin Gordon, Lennie Hibbert, Lester Sterling, The Cables and Count Ossie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Zap Pow and Count Ossie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Cedric Brooks, reaching back through Ansel Collins and forward to Zap Pow. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Cedric Brooks grew out of Ansel Collins and Sonny Rollins, shares an orbit with Vin Gordon, Lennie Hibbert, Lester Sterling and The Cables, went on to shape Zap Pow and Count Ossie. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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