◇ image via WikipediaCarla Bley
Carla Bley is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Linda Ronstadt, Paul Bley and Sheila Jordan. Those roots explain a lot about how Carla Bley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paul Bley, Jan Garbarek and Chick Corea, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hiram Bullock, Robert Wyatt, Gary Burton, Jimmy Giuffre and George Russell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Carla Bley, reaching back through Linda Ronstadt and forward to Hiram Bullock. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Carla Bley grew out of Linda Ronstadt, Paul Bley and Sheila Jordan, shares an orbit with Paul Bley, Jan Garbarek and Chick Corea, went on to shape Hiram Bullock, Robert Wyatt, Gary Burton and Jimmy Giuffre. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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