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Jay McShann

Blues
Blues

Jay McShann is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Slim Gaillard and Earl Hines. Those roots explain a lot about how Jay McShann arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Count Basie, Jimmy Witherspoon, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and Benny Goodman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Got My Mojo Working, Delmark Records, Charlie Parker, Ben Webster and Jimmy Witherspoon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Jay McShann, reaching back through Slim Gaillard and forward to Got My Mojo Working. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jay McShannSlim GaillardEarl HinesGot My Mojo WorkingDelmark RecordsCharlie ParkerBen WebsterJimmy WitherspoonCount BasieJimmy WitherspoonDuke EllingtonCab CallowayBenny GoodmanBenny CarterFats WallerLouis Jordan

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Jay McShann connections

Jay McShann grew out of Slim Gaillard and Earl Hines, shares an orbit with Count Basie, Jimmy Witherspoon, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, went on to shape Got My Mojo Working, Delmark Records, Charlie Parker and Ben Webster. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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