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Alberta Hunter

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Blues

Alberta Hunter is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Original Dixieland Jass Band. Those roots explain a lot about how Alberta Hunter arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Lucille Bogan, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Peggy Lee, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eilen Jewell, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Sippie Wallace, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Alberta Hunter, reaching back through Original Dixieland Jass Band and forward to Eilen Jewell. 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
Alberta HunterOriginal Dixieland J…Eilen JewellLouis ArmstrongBessie SmithSippie WallaceBessie SmithDinah WashingtonLucille BoganBobby "Blue" BlandPeggy LeeSon HouseJohn Lee HookerJelly Roll Morton

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Alberta Hunter connections

Alberta Hunter grew out of Original Dixieland Jass Band, shares an orbit with Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Lucille Bogan and Bobby "Blue" Bland, went on to shape Eilen Jewell, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Sippie Wallace. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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