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Erroll Garner

Jazz
Jazz

Erroll Garner is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Earl Hines, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Annie Ross. Those roots explain a lot about how Erroll Garner arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly, Hank Jones, Fats Waller and Bill Evans, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dave Grusin, Sarah Vaughan, Jan Hammer, Leon Russell and Billy Strayhorn, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Erroll Garner, reaching back through Earl Hines and forward to Dave Grusin. 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
Erroll GarnerEarl HinesJames P. JohnsonFats WallerAnnie RossDave GrusinSarah VaughanJan HammerLeon RussellBilly StrayhornElla FitzgeraldFrank SinatraRay StevensOscar PetersonWynton KellyHank JonesFats WallerBill EvansThelonious MonkDuke EllingtonColeman Hawkins

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Erroll Garner connections

Erroll Garner grew out of Earl Hines, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Annie Ross, shares an orbit with Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly, Hank Jones and Fats Waller, went on to shape Dave Grusin, Sarah Vaughan, Jan Hammer and Leon Russell. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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