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Johnny Mandel is a Folk and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, June Christy, Count Basie and Zoot Sims. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Mandel arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, Michel Legrand, Angelo Badalamenti and Danny Elfman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Desmond, Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Count Basie and Chet Baker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Johnny Mandel, reaching back through Jimmy Dorsey and forward to Paul Desmond. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
John Alfred Mandel was an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Diane Schuur and Shirley Horn. He won five Grammy Awards, from 17 total nominations; his first nomination was for his debut film score for the multi-nominated 1958 film I Want to Live!. In 2011, he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Johnny Mandel connections
Johnny Mandel grew out of Jimmy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, June Christy and Count Basie, shares an orbit with Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, Michel Legrand and Angelo Badalamenti, went on to shape Paul Desmond, Woody Herman, Stan Getz and Count Basie. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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