◇ image via WikipediaJeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Osborne is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Rod Temperton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, L.T.D. and Kim Carnes. Those roots explain a lot about how Jeffrey Osborne arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Peabo Bryson, Miki Howard, DeBarge, Brian McKnight and S.O.S. Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Barbara Mason, Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston and R2K, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Jeffrey Osborne, reaching back through Rod Temperton and forward to Barbara Mason. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jeffrey Osborne connections
Jeffrey Osborne grew out of Rod Temperton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and L.T.D., shares an orbit with Peabo Bryson, Miki Howard, DeBarge and Brian McKnight, went on to shape Barbara Mason, Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston and R2K. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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