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Gil Scott-Heron

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Jazz

Gil Scott-Heron is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Richie Havens, John Coltrane, Otis Redding and José Feliciano. Those roots explain a lot about how Gil Scott-Heron arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Donny Hathaway, Isaac Hayes and Baby Huey, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Weller, The Christians, Tobi, Scroobius Pip and Kanye West, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Gil Scott-Heron, reaching back through Ali Shaheed Muhammad and forward to Paul Weller. 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
Gil Scott-HeronAli Shaheed MuhammadRichie HavensJohn ColtraneOtis ReddingJosé FelicianoBillie HolidayNina SimoneRon CarterPaul WellerThe ChristiansTobiScroobius PipKanye WestBonnie RaittBrittany HowardJamie xxGil Scott-Heron & Br…Roy Ayers UbiquityDonny HathawayIsaac HayesBaby HueyMarvin GayeBetty DavisShuggie Otis

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Gil Scott-Heron connections

Gil Scott-Heron grew out of Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Richie Havens, John Coltrane and Otis Redding, shares an orbit with Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Donny Hathaway and Isaac Hayes, went on to shape Paul Weller, The Christians, Tobi and Scroobius Pip. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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