◇ image via WikipediaHarry James
Harry James is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Neal Hefti, Thad Jones, Jimmy Rushing, Bob Wills and Ray Anthony. Those roots explain a lot about how Harry James arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Benny Goodman, Bobby Darin, Al Bowlly, Fats Waller and Count Basie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Woody Shaw, Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans, Ray Anthony and Bill Evans Trio, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Harry James, reaching back through Neal Hefti and forward to Woody Shaw. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Harry James connections
Harry James grew out of Neal Hefti, Thad Jones, Jimmy Rushing and Bob Wills, shares an orbit with Benny Goodman, Bobby Darin, Al Bowlly and Fats Waller, went on to shape Woody Shaw, Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans and Ray Anthony. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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