◇ image via WikipediaFletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Louis Armstrong, Trixie Smith, Bessie Smith and Duke Ellington. Those roots explain a lot about how Fletcher Henderson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chick Webb, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Count Basie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Take the "A" Train, Pepper Adams, Benny Goodman and Count Basie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Fletcher Henderson, reaching back through Louis Armstrong and forward to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Fletcher Henderson connections
Fletcher Henderson grew out of Louis Armstrong, Trixie Smith, Bessie Smith and Duke Ellington, shares an orbit with Chick Webb, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, went on to shape Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Take the "A" Train, Pepper Adams and Benny Goodman. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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