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Harry Connick Jr.

Jazz
Jazz

Harry Connick Jr. is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Eubie Blake, Ellis Marsalis Jr., James Booker, Kim Burrell and Donny Hathaway. Those roots explain a lot about how Harry Connick Jr. arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Perry Como, Jamie Cullum and Vince Guaraldi Trio, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Charnett Moffett, Newton Faulkner and Gary Allan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Harry Connick Jr., reaching back through Eubie Blake and forward to Charnett Moffett. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Harry Connick Jr.Eubie BlakeEllis Marsalis Jr.James BookerKim BurrellDonny HathawayCarmen McRaeCharnett MoffettNewton FaulknerGary AllanTony BennettBobby DarinPerry ComoJamie CullumVince Guaraldi TrioPeggy LeeJune ChristyBenny Goodman

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Harry Connick Jr. connections

Harry Connick Jr. grew out of Eubie Blake, Ellis Marsalis Jr., James Booker and Kim Burrell, shares an orbit with Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Perry Como and Jamie Cullum, went on to shape Charnett Moffett, Newton Faulkner and Gary Allan. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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