◇ image via WikipediaJason Moran
Jason Moran is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Sam Amidon, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Björk and Fats Waller. Those roots explain a lot about how Jason Moran arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Robert Glasper, Thelonious Monk and Paul Bley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dave Holland, Meshell Ndegeocello, Eric Harland, Lee Konitz and Charles Lloyd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Jason Moran, reaching back through Sam Amidon and forward to Dave Holland. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jason Moran connections
Jason Moran grew out of Sam Amidon, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and Björk, shares an orbit with Robert Glasper, Thelonious Monk and Paul Bley, went on to shape Dave Holland, Meshell Ndegeocello, Eric Harland and Lee Konitz. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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