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Grover Washington Jr.

Jazz
Jazz

Grover Washington Jr. is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Charles Earland, Ralph MacDonald, Bill Withers, Take Five and Four Tops. Those roots explain a lot about how Grover Washington Jr. arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Crusaders, Coleman Hawkins, Lonnie Liston Smith, George Benson and Dave Grusin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ronnie Foster, Terrace Martin, DJ Ezasscul, Phyllis Hyman and Modern Vampires of the City, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Grover Washington Jr., reaching back through Charles Earland and forward to Ronnie Foster. 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
Grover Washington Jr.Charles EarlandRalph MacDonaldBill WithersTake FiveFour TopsOrlando JuliusThe Four TopsRonnie FosterTerrace MartinDJ EzassculPhyllis HymanModern Vampires of t…Heavy DBob JamesRichard ElliotThe CrusadersColeman HawkinsLonnie Liston SmithGeorge BensonDave GrusinLee RitenourMarcus MillerBrian Culbertson

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Grover Washington Jr. connections

Grover Washington Jr. grew out of Charles Earland, Ralph MacDonald, Bill Withers and Take Five, shares an orbit with The Crusaders, Coleman Hawkins, Lonnie Liston Smith and George Benson, went on to shape Ronnie Foster, Terrace Martin, DJ Ezasscul and Phyllis Hyman. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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