◇ image via WikipediaAl Jolson
Al Jolson is a Blues and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches Pop. Their sound grew out of Paul Whiteman and Neil Diamond. Those roots explain a lot about how Al Jolson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bessie Smith, Gene Kelly, Al Bowlly, Marion Harris and Perry Como, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Luke Kelly, Oscar Levant, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby and Rod Stewart, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Al Jolson, reaching back through Paul Whiteman and forward to Luke Kelly. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Al Jolson connections
Al Jolson grew out of Paul Whiteman and Neil Diamond, shares an orbit with Bessie Smith, Gene Kelly, Al Bowlly and Marion Harris, went on to shape Luke Kelly, Oscar Levant, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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