◇ image via WikipediaJames Cleveland
James Cleveland is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Albertina Walker, Thomas A. Dorsey, Roberta Martin, Ray Charles and The Soul Stirrers. Those roots explain a lot about how James Cleveland arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Carlton Pearson, Rev. Timothy Wright, Walter Hawkins, Tramaine Hawkins and Norman Hutchins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Billy Preston, Daryl Coley, Kim Burrell, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Mitty Collier, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around James Cleveland, reaching back through Albertina Walker and forward to Billy Preston. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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James Cleveland connections
James Cleveland grew out of Albertina Walker, Thomas A. Dorsey, Roberta Martin and Ray Charles, shares an orbit with Carlton Pearson, Rev. Timothy Wright, Walter Hawkins and Tramaine Hawkins, went on to shape Billy Preston, Daryl Coley, Kim Burrell and Vanessa Bell Armstrong. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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