◇ image via WikipediaJimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Paul Whiteman, Lester Young and Charlie Parker. Those roots explain a lot about how Jimmy Dorsey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Al Bowlly, Fats Waller and Count Basie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Johnny Mandel, Duke Ellington, Ray Anthony, Ella Mae Morse and Maynard Ferguson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Jimmy Dorsey, reaching back through Paul Whiteman and forward to Johnny Mandel. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jimmy Dorsey connections
Jimmy Dorsey grew out of Paul Whiteman, Lester Young and Charlie Parker, shares an orbit with Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Al Bowlly and Fats Waller, went on to shape Johnny Mandel, Duke Ellington, Ray Anthony and Ella Mae Morse. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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