Mandrill
USA
Formed: 1968
Years Active: 70
Genres: R&B, Pop/Rock, Jazz, International, Latin
Styles: Funk, R&B/Soul, Latin Rock, Latin America, Latin America, Rock & Roll/Roots, Fusion, Soul
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One of funk's most progressive outfits, Mandrill paid the price for their ambitions in commercial returns -- not that they never earned a reputation or an audience, but their expansive, eclectic vision often worked better when given an album's worth of room to roam, rather than being condensed into hit singles. Mandrill's jam-heavy brand of funk was liberally infused with Latin, Caribbean, and jazz influences, plus blues, psychedelia, African music, and straight-up rock. Their freewheeling approach was a definite influence on the Parliament-Fun...
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