◇ image via WikipediaRodney Franklin
Rodney Franklin is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bill Summers, McCoy Tyner, George Duke, Chick Corea and Lonnie Liston Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Rodney Franklin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ronny Jordan, Sharon Redd, George Benson, The Crusaders and Lonnie Liston Smith, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Daryl Coley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Rodney Franklin, reaching back through Bill Summers and forward to Daryl Coley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Rodney Franklin connections
Rodney Franklin grew out of Bill Summers, McCoy Tyner, George Duke and Chick Corea, shares an orbit with Ronny Jordan, Sharon Redd, George Benson and The Crusaders, went on to shape Daryl Coley. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Rodney Franklin
Sounds and acts that shaped Rodney Franklin.
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