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Ramsey Lewis

Jazz
Jazz

Ramsey Lewis is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Donald Lawrence, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Larry Dunn, Dobie Gray and Verdine White. Those roots explain a lot about how Ramsey Lewis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Ramsey Lewis Trio, The Crusaders, Lonnie Liston Smith, Idris Muhammad and Roy Ayers Ubiquity, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Young-Holt Unlimited, Carleen Anderson, Lorez Alexandria, Minnie Riperton and Earth Wind and Fire, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Ramsey Lewis, reaching back through Donald Lawrence and forward to Young-Holt Unlimited. 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
Ramsey LewisDonald LawrenceLittle Anthony & the…Larry DunnDobie GrayVerdine WhitePhil UpchurchMaurice WhiteWynton KellyYoung-Holt UnlimitedCarleen AndersonLorez AlexandriaMinnie RipertonEarth Wind and FireThe Ramsey Lewis TrioThe CrusadersLonnie Liston SmithIdris MuhammadRoy Ayers UbiquityGary BartzOscar PetersonReuben Wilson

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Ramsey Lewis connections

Ramsey Lewis grew out of Donald Lawrence, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Larry Dunn and Dobie Gray, shares an orbit with The Ramsey Lewis Trio, The Crusaders, Lonnie Liston Smith and Idris Muhammad, went on to shape Young-Holt Unlimited, Carleen Anderson, Lorez Alexandria and Minnie Riperton. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots11

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