◇ image via WikipediaJames Moody
James Moody is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Take the "A" Train, Jimmy Heath and Dizzy Gillespie. Those roots explain a lot about how James Moody arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johnny Hammond, Benny Carter, Hank Mobley, Hank Jones and Coleman Hawkins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Roberta Gambarini, Barbara Morrison, Bobbi Humphrey and Elliott Yamin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around James Moody, reaching back through Take the "A" Train and forward to Roberta Gambarini. 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 Take the "A" Train, Jimmy Heath and Dizzy Gillespie, shares an orbit with Johnny Hammond, Benny Carter, Hank Mobley and Hank Jones, went on to shape Roberta Gambarini, Barbara Morrison, Bobbi Humphrey and Elliott Yamin. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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