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James Last is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Johnny Harris, Astrud Gilberto, Bobbejaan Schoepen and Les Humphries Singers. Those roots explain a lot about how James Last arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ray Conniff, André Rieu, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ennio Morricone and Henry Mancini, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Andy Williams, Petula Clark, Lolita, Caterina Valente and Astrud Gilberto, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around James Last, reaching back through Johnny Harris and forward to Andy Williams. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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James Last connections
James Last grew out of Johnny Harris, Astrud Gilberto, Bobbejaan Schoepen and Les Humphries Singers, shares an orbit with Ray Conniff, André Rieu, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Ennio Morricone, went on to shape Andy Williams, Petula Clark, Lolita and Caterina Valente. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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