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Leon Ware

Disco
DiscoRhythm and blues

Leon Ware is a Disco and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Marcos Valle. Those roots explain a lot about how Leon Ware arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Don Blackman, The Jones Girls, Marvin Gaye, Little Beaver and Brenda Russell, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Quincy Jones, Minnie Riperton, Marvin Gaye, The Originals and The Isley Brothers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Leon Ware, reaching back through Marcos Valle and forward to Quincy Jones. 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
Leon WareMarcos ValleQuincy JonesMinnie RipertonMarvin GayeThe OriginalsThe Isley BrothersMartha and the Vande…The Jackson 5Ike & Tina TurnerDon BlackmanThe Jones GirlsMarvin GayeLittle BeaverBrenda RussellDexter WanselRoy Ayers UbiquityLoose Ends

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Leon Ware connections

Leon Ware grew out of Marcos Valle, shares an orbit with Don Blackman, The Jones Girls, Marvin Gaye and Little Beaver, went on to shape Quincy Jones, Minnie Riperton, Marvin Gaye and The Originals. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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