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Vernon Reid

Jazz
Jazz

Vernon Reid is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Eddie Hazel, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin 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 Soulive, Lettuce, The Headhunters, Charlie Hunter and Cory Wong, 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 31 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 HazelJamaaladeen TacumaCarlos SantanaJohn McLaughlinPrince PaulOtis BlackwellJimmy PageLeslie WestJoseph BowieSouliveLettuceThe HeadhuntersCharlie HunterCory WongMarcus MillerMark LettieriBilly Cobham

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Vernon Reid connections

Vernon Reid grew out of Eddie Hazel, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, shares an orbit with Soulive, Lettuce, The Headhunters and Charlie Hunter, went on to shape Joseph Bowie. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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