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Les Paul is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Danny Gatton, Tennessee Waltz, Art Tatum, Django Reinhardt and Bo Diddley. Those roots explain a lot about how Les Paul arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fats Waller, Django Reinhardt, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lonnie Mack, Baden Powell, Mickey Baker, Carpenters and The Carpenters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Les Paul, reaching back through Danny Gatton and forward to Lonnie Mack. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Les Paul connections
Les Paul grew out of Danny Gatton, Tennessee Waltz, Art Tatum and Django Reinhardt, shares an orbit with Fats Waller, Django Reinhardt, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, went on to shape Lonnie Mack, Baden Powell, Mickey Baker and Carpenters. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Les Paul
Sounds and acts that shaped Les Paul.
Artists similar to Les Paul
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Les Paul.
- Fats Wallerartist
- Django Reinhardtartist
- Count Basieartist
- Duke Ellingtonartist
- Sarah Vaughanartist
- Louis Jordanartist
- Peggy Leeartist
- Bo Diddleyartist
- Albert Kingartist
- George Bensonartist
- The Nat King Cole Trioartist
- Wes Montgomeryartist
- Barney Kesselartist
- Dinah Washingtonartist
- Roy Buchananartist
- Miles Davisartist
- Robert Johnsonartist
- Jeff Beckartist
- Sister Rosetta Tharpeartist
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