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Rodney Franklin

Rodney Franklin is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bill Summers, Chick Corea, George Duke, McCoy Tyner 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, The Crusaders, Lonnie Liston Smith and Dexter Wansel, 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 30 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Rodney FranklinBill SummersChick CoreaGeorge DukeMcCoy TynerLonnie Liston SmithDaryl ColeyRonny JordanSharon ReddThe CrusadersLonnie Liston SmithDexter WanselFatback BandTom BrowneThe Brand New Heavies

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Rodney Franklin connections

Rodney Franklin grew out of Bill Summers, Chick Corea, George Duke and McCoy Tyner, shares an orbit with Ronny Jordan, Sharon Redd, The Crusaders and Lonnie Liston Smith, went on to shape Daryl Coley. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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