◇ image via WikipediaHarry James
Harry James is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Thad Jones, Neal Hefti, Bob Wills, Ray Anthony and Jimmy Rushing. Those roots explain a lot about how Harry James arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Benny Goodman, Al Bowlly, Fats Waller, Count Basie and Doris Day, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bill Evans Trio, Woody Shaw, Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans and Ray Anthony, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Harry James, reaching back through Thad Jones and forward to Bill Evans Trio. 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 Thad Jones, Neal Hefti, Bob Wills and Ray Anthony, shares an orbit with Benny Goodman, Al Bowlly, Fats Waller and Count Basie, went on to shape Bill Evans Trio, Woody Shaw, Frank Sinatra and Bill Evans. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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