◇ image via WikipediaHelen Humes
Helen Humes is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday and Mildred Bailey. Those roots explain a lot about how Helen Humes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dakota Staton, Dinah Washington, Carmen McRae, Abbey Lincoln and Peggy Lee, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into China Moses, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Helen Humes, reaching back through Count Basie and forward to China Moses. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Helen Humes connections
Helen Humes grew out of Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday and Mildred Bailey, shares an orbit with Dakota Staton, Dinah Washington, Carmen McRae and Abbey Lincoln, went on to shape China Moses. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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