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Bessie Smith is a Blues and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Original Dixieland Jass Band, The Lost Episodes, Alfred Aloysous Bernard, Ma Rainey and Mamie Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Bessie Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alberta Hunter, Jelly Roll Morton, Dinah Washington, Leadbelly and Blind Lemon Jefferson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Janis Joplin, Linda Hopkins, Madeleine Peyroux, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Judith Durham, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 75 connections around Bessie Smith, reaching back through Original Dixieland Jass Band and forward to Janis Joplin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bessie Smith connections
Bessie Smith grew out of Original Dixieland Jass Band, The Lost Episodes, Alfred Aloysous Bernard and Ma Rainey, shares an orbit with Alberta Hunter, Jelly Roll Morton, Dinah Washington and Leadbelly, went on to shape Janis Joplin, Linda Hopkins, Madeleine Peyroux and Big Brother and the Holding Company. 75 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Bessie Smith
Sounds and acts that shaped Bessie Smith.
Artists similar to Bessie Smith
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Bessie Smith.
- Alberta Hunterartist
- Jelly Roll Mortonartist
- Dinah Washingtonartist
- Leadbellyartist
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Bands Bessie Smith shaped
Where the influence of Bessie Smith travelled next.
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- Linda Hopkinsartist
- Madeleine Peyrouxartist
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