◇ image via WikipediaCharles Earland
Charles Earland is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mtume, Lou Donaldson and Jimmy McGriff. Those roots explain a lot about how Charles Earland arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gary Bartz, Jack McDuff, Reuben Wilson, Idris Muhammad and Johnny Hammond, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Idris Muhammad, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Grover Washington Jr., Brass Construction and Jamaaladeen Tacuma, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Charles Earland, reaching back through Mtume and forward to Idris Muhammad. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Charles Earland connections
Charles Earland grew out of Mtume, Lou Donaldson and Jimmy McGriff, shares an orbit with Gary Bartz, Jack McDuff, Reuben Wilson and Idris Muhammad, went on to shape Idris Muhammad, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Grover Washington Jr. and Brass Construction. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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