◇ image via WikipediaGeorge Russell
George Russell is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Bill Evans, Carla Bley and Sheila Jordan. Those roots explain a lot about how George Russell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ornette Coleman, Duke Ellington, Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter and Sonny Sharrock, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tom Harrell, Bill Evans Trio, Tomasz Stańko, Jan Garbarek and Kind of Blue, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around George Russell, reaching back through Bill Evans and forward to Tom Harrell. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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George Russell connections
George Russell grew out of Bill Evans, Carla Bley and Sheila Jordan, shares an orbit with Ornette Coleman, Duke Ellington, Horace Silver and Wayne Shorter, went on to shape Tom Harrell, Bill Evans Trio, Tomasz Stańko and Jan Garbarek. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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