Reach for It
Context
Title track of George Duke's 1977 album, co-written with Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Charles Johnson and Byron Miller. The album's only single, it reached #2 on Billboard's soul chart; the album, classified as jazz-funk, was certified gold in January 1978.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).