◇ image via WikipediaJay McShann
Jay McShann is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Earl Hines and Slim Gaillard. 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, Benny Goodman and Benny Carter, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Delmark Records, Charlie Parker, Ben Webster, Jimmy Witherspoon and Got My Mojo Working, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Jay McShann, reaching back through Earl Hines and forward to Delmark Records. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jay McShann connections
Jay McShann grew out of Earl Hines and Slim Gaillard, shares an orbit with Count Basie, Jimmy Witherspoon, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, went on to shape Delmark Records, Charlie Parker, Ben Webster and Jimmy Witherspoon. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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