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George Duke

Jazz
JazzRock

George Duke is a Jazz and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Vesta, Vesta Williams, Bill Champlin, Napoleon Murphy Brock and Ricky Lawson. Those roots explain a lot about how George Duke arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Crusaders, Marcus Miller, Billy Cobham, Dave Grusin and Patrice Rushen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lalah Hathaway, Marcus Miller, Chanté Moore, Sheila E. and Thundercat, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 59 connections around George Duke, reaching back through Vesta and forward to Lalah Hathaway. 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
George DukeVestaVesta WilliamsBill ChamplinNapoleon Murphy BrockRicky LawsonWorking Day and NightAnointedPhil PerryLalah HathawayMarcus MillerChanté MooreSheila E.ThundercatRoxanne SeemanMadlibChristian McBrideThe CrusadersMarcus MillerBilly CobhamDave GrusinPatrice RushenBrothers JohnsonLonnie Liston SmithThe Brecker Brothers

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George Duke grew out of Vesta, Vesta Williams, Bill Champlin and Napoleon Murphy Brock, shares an orbit with The Crusaders, Marcus Miller, Billy Cobham and Dave Grusin, went on to shape Lalah Hathaway, Marcus Miller, Chanté Moore and Sheila E.. 59 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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