◇ image via WikipediaJohnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Oliver Nelson, Benny Carter and Billy Strayhorn. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Hodges arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Hank Mobley, Duke Ellington and Lee Konitz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Andrew Bird, John Coltrane Quartet, John Coltrane, Ben Webster and Phil Woods, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Johnny Hodges, reaching back through Duke Ellington and forward to Andrew Bird. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Johnny Hodges connections
Johnny Hodges grew out of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Oliver Nelson and Benny Carter, shares an orbit with Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Hank Mobley and Duke Ellington, went on to shape Andrew Bird, John Coltrane Quartet, John Coltrane and Ben Webster. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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