◇ image via WikipediaCassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of India.Arie, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. Those roots explain a lot about how Cassandra Wilson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Madeleine Peyroux, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Eva Cassidy, Malia and Carmen McRae, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mino Cinelu, Geri Allen, Wynton Marsalis, Bill Frisell and Elvis Costello, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Cassandra Wilson, reaching back through India.Arie and forward to Mino Cinelu. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Cassandra Wilson connections
Cassandra Wilson grew out of India.Arie, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter and Charlie Parker, shares an orbit with Madeleine Peyroux, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Eva Cassidy and Malia, went on to shape Mino Cinelu, Geri Allen, Wynton Marsalis and Bill Frisell. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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