◇ image via WikipediaJames Moody
James Moody is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Heath, Dizzy Gillespie and Take the "A" Train. Those roots explain a lot about how James Moody arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Oliver Nelson, Johnny Hammond, Benny Carter, Hank Mobley and Hank Jones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bobbi Humphrey, Elliott Yamin, Barbara Morrison and Roberta Gambarini, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around James Moody, reaching back through Jimmy Heath and forward to Bobbi Humphrey. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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James Moody connections
James Moody grew out of Jimmy Heath, Dizzy Gillespie and Take the "A" Train, shares an orbit with Oliver Nelson, Johnny Hammond, Benny Carter and Hank Mobley, went on to shape Bobbi Humphrey, Elliott Yamin, Barbara Morrison and Roberta Gambarini. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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