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Patrice Rushen

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Patrice Rushen is a House act. Their sound grew out of Masayoshi Takanaka, Karma, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter and Kenny Burrell. Those roots explain a lot about how Patrice Rushen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as S.O.S. Band, The Jones Girls, Loose Ends, The Whispers and Shalamar, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into George Michael, Will Smith, Kirk Franklin, Fastlove and Maxwell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Patrice Rushen, reaching back through Masayoshi Takanaka and forward to George Michael. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Patrice RushenMasayoshi TakanakaKarmaCarlos SantanaWayne ShorterKenny BurrellHerbie HancockEddie HendersonSadao WatanabeGeorge MichaelWill SmithKirk FranklinFastloveMaxwellSheena EastonBrenda RussellAmel LarrieuxS.O.S. BandThe Jones GirlsLoose EndsThe WhispersShalamarThe Gap BandCheryl LynnChange

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Patrice Rushen connections

Patrice Rushen grew out of Masayoshi Takanaka, Karma, Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter, shares an orbit with S.O.S. Band, The Jones Girls, Loose Ends and The Whispers, went on to shape George Michael, Will Smith, Kirk Franklin and Fastlove. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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