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Carmen McRae

Jazz
Jazz

Carmen McRae is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Melissa Manchester, Take Five, June Christy, Chega de Saudade and Phil Upchurch. Those roots explain a lot about how Carmen McRae arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln and June Christy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Billy Paul, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Engelbert Humperdinck, Lorez Alexandria and Kandace Springs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Carmen McRae, reaching back through Melissa Manchester and forward to Billy Paul. 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
Carmen McRaeMelissa ManchesterTake FiveJune ChristyChega de SaudadePhil UpchurchDjavanMargo GuryanLouis ArmstrongBilly PaulThe Dave Brubeck Qua…Engelbert HumperdinckLorez AlexandriaKandace SpringsHarry Connick Jr.Dinah WashingtonNancy WilsonBetty CarterAbbey LincolnJune ChristyPeggy LeeLorez AlexandriaMadeleine Peyroux

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Carmen McRae connections

Carmen McRae grew out of Melissa Manchester, Take Five, June Christy and Chega de Saudade, shares an orbit with Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter and Abbey Lincoln, went on to shape Billy Paul, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Engelbert Humperdinck and Lorez Alexandria. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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