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June Christy

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June Christy is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Samba de Uma Nota Só, Stan Kenton and Anita O'Day. Those roots explain a lot about how June Christy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington and Annie Ross, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Johnny Mandel, Mark Murphy and Louis Armstrong, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around June Christy, reaching back through Samba de Uma Nota Só and forward to Lee Konitz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
June ChristySamba de Uma Nota SóStan KentonAnita O'DayLee KonitzChet BakerJohnny MandelMark MurphyLouis ArmstrongCarmen McRaeDuke EllingtonGene KrupaPeggy LeeNancy WilsonCarmen McRaeDinah WashingtonAnnie RossBetty CarterAbbey LincolnDoris Day

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June Christy connections

June Christy grew out of Samba de Uma Nota Só, Stan Kenton and Anita O'Day, shares an orbit with Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Carmen McRae and Dinah Washington, went on to shape Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Johnny Mandel and Mark Murphy. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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