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The Jazz Crusaders

The Jazz Crusaders is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, John Coltrane and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how The Jazz Crusaders arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Crusaders, Jack McDuff, Wes Montgomery, Herbie Mann and Lettuce, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Joe Cocker and James Jamerson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The Jazz Crusaders, reaching back through Cannonball Adderley and forward to Average White Band. 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
The Jazz CrusadersCannonball AdderleyArt BlakeyJohn ColtraneStevie WonderAverage White BandMarvin GayeJoni MitchellJoe CockerJames JamersonSteely DanRandy NewmanRandy CrawfordThe CrusadersJack McDuffWes MontgomeryHerbie MannLettuceIdris MuhammadThe New MastersoundsEddie Henderson

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The Jazz Crusaders connections

The Jazz Crusaders grew out of Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, John Coltrane and Stevie Wonder, shares an orbit with The Crusaders, Jack McDuff, Wes Montgomery and Herbie Mann, went on to shape Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell and Joe Cocker. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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