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Ronnie Foster

Ronnie Foster is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Smith, Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Grant Green and Grover Washington Jr.. Those roots explain a lot about how Ronnie Foster arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Reuben Wilson, Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, Jack McDuff, Roy Ayers Ubiquity and Idris Muhammad, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into J. Cole and A Tribe Called Quest, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Ronnie Foster, reaching back through Jimmy Smith and forward to J. Cole. 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
Ronnie FosterJimmy SmithStevie WonderGeorge BensonGrant GreenGrover Washington Jr.Stanley TurrentineRoberta FlackHarvey MasonJ. ColeA Tribe Called QuestReuben WilsonGene Harris & The Th…Jack McDuffRoy Ayers UbiquityIdris MuhammadEddie HendersonWeldon IrvineJohnny Hammond

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Ronnie Foster connections

Ronnie Foster grew out of Jimmy Smith, Stevie Wonder, George Benson and Grant Green, shares an orbit with Reuben Wilson, Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, Jack McDuff and Roy Ayers Ubiquity, went on to shape J. Cole and A Tribe Called Quest. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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