◇ image via WikipediaBen Webster
Ben Webster is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Coleman Hawkins, Mary Lou Williams, Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn and Herb Ellis. Those roots explain a lot about how Ben Webster arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson, Hank Mobley and Bill Evans, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ahmad Jamal, Coleman Hawkins, Verve Records, Zoot Sims and Paul Bley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Ben Webster, reaching back through Coleman Hawkins and forward to Ahmad Jamal. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ben Webster connections
Ben Webster grew out of Coleman Hawkins, Mary Lou Williams, Johnny Hodges and Billy Strayhorn, shares an orbit with Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson and Hank Mobley, went on to shape Ahmad Jamal, Coleman Hawkins, Verve Records and Zoot Sims. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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