synffSteve Reid was a powerhouse drummer whose soul jazz grooves bridged the fiery free jazz of Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, and John Coltrane with the relentless funk of James Brown and Sly Stone.
Emerging from the U.S. jazz scene, he anchored sessions for Motown and gigged alongside giants like…
10 roots·3 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Steve Reid; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
Start with the roots
Albert Ayler, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Herbie Hancock, James Brown + 6 more
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1976
