◇ image via WikipediaGeorge Shearing
George Shearing is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Hank Jones and Machito. Those roots explain a lot about how George Shearing arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Lee Konitz, The Dave Brubeck Quartet and Wynton Kelly, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Buggles, Anita O'Day, Paul Horn, Willie Bobo and Kevin Kern, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around George Shearing, reaching back through Teddy Wilson and forward to The Buggles. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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George Shearing connections
George Shearing grew out of Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Hank Jones and Machito, shares an orbit with Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Lee Konitz and The Dave Brubeck Quartet, went on to shape The Buggles, Anita O'Day, Paul Horn and Willie Bobo. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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