◇ image via WikipediaJoe Williams
Joe Williams is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Michael Zager Band, Lena Horne, Count Basie, Memphis Slim and Annie Ross. Those roots explain a lot about how Joe Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson and Duke Ellington, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into David Clayton-Thomas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Joe Williams, reaching back through Michael Zager Band and forward to David Clayton-Thomas. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Joe Williams connections
Joe Williams grew out of Michael Zager Band, Lena Horne, Count Basie and Memphis Slim, shares an orbit with Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and Nancy Wilson, went on to shape David Clayton-Thomas. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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