◇ image via WikipediaGerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton and Ronnie Cuber. Those roots explain a lot about how Gerald Wilson arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into El Chicano, Bobby Hebb, Dorothy Ashby, Richard "Groove" Holmes and Jimmy Owens, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Gerald Wilson, reaching back through Duke Ellington and forward to El Chicano. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gerald Wilson grew out of Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton and Ronnie Cuber, went on to shape El Chicano, Bobby Hebb, Dorothy Ashby and Richard "Groove" Holmes. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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