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Vernon Reid

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Vernon Reid is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Eddie Hazel, Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Prince Paul. Those roots explain a lot about how Vernon Reid arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fishbone, Soulive, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Lettuce and The Headhunters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joseph Bowie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Vernon Reid, reaching back through Eddie Hazel and forward to Joseph Bowie. 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
Vernon ReidEddie HazelCarlos SantanaJohn McLaughlinJamaaladeen TacumaPrince PaulOtis BlackwellJimmy PageLeslie WestJoseph BowieFishboneSouliveMedeski, Martin and …LettuceThe HeadhuntersCharlie HunterCory WongMarcus Miller

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Vernon Reid connections

Vernon Reid grew out of Eddie Hazel, Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin and Jamaaladeen Tacuma, shares an orbit with Fishbone, Soulive, Medeski, Martin and Wood and Lettuce, went on to shape Joseph Bowie. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots15

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