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Jimmy McGriff is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Let's Stay Together, Jimmy Smith, Count Basie, Richard "Groove" Holmes and Ronnie Cuber. Those roots explain a lot about how Jimmy McGriff arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Reuben Wilson, Jack McDuff, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Johnny Hammond and Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Vinnie Colaiuta, O'Donel Levy, Jon Lord, Charles Earland and Albert Collins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Jimmy McGriff, reaching back through Let's Stay Together and forward to Vinnie Colaiuta. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jimmy McGriff connections
Jimmy McGriff grew out of Let's Stay Together, Jimmy Smith, Count Basie and Richard "Groove" Holmes, shares an orbit with Reuben Wilson, Jack McDuff, Richard "Groove" Holmes and Johnny Hammond, went on to shape Vinnie Colaiuta, O'Donel Levy, Jon Lord and Charles Earland. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Jimmy McGriff
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