◇ image via WikipediaHerb Ellis
Herb Ellis is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Charlie Mariano and Charlie Byrd. Those roots explain a lot about how Herb Ellis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wes Montgomery, Charlie Byrd, Howard Roberts, Oscar Peterson and Django Reinhardt, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into James Morrison, Howard Roberts, Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster and Stan Getz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Herb Ellis, reaching back through Charlie Mariano and forward to James Morrison. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Herb Ellis grew out of Charlie Mariano and Charlie Byrd, shares an orbit with Wes Montgomery, Charlie Byrd, Howard Roberts and Oscar Peterson, went on to shape James Morrison, Howard Roberts, Oscar Peterson and Ben Webster. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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