◇ image via WikipediaGerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Astor Piazzolla, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Johnny Griffin and Joyce Moreno. Those roots explain a lot about how Gerry Mulligan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Coleman Hawkins, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Charlie Watts, Chet Baker, Spirit, Chico Hamilton and Ed Lincoln, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Gerry Mulligan, reaching back through Astor Piazzolla and forward to Charlie Watts. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gerry Mulligan connections
Gerry Mulligan grew out of Astor Piazzolla, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond and Johnny Griffin, shares an orbit with Coleman Hawkins, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer and Oscar Peterson, went on to shape Charlie Watts, Chet Baker, Spirit and Chico Hamilton. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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