◇ image via WikipediaLorez Alexandria
Lorez Alexandria is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald and Lester Young. Those roots explain a lot about how Lorez Alexandria arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dakota Staton, Sarah Vaughan, Annie Ross, Carmen McRae and Nancy Wilson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Lorez Alexandria, reaching back through Dinah Washington. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Lorez Alexandria was an American jazz singer, described as "one of the most gifted and underrated jazz singers of the twentieth century". She became established in the Midwest before moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. Jazz critics have compared her to Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, and Ella Fitzgerald.
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Lorez Alexandria connections
Lorez Alexandria grew out of Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and Ella Fitzgerald, shares an orbit with Dakota Staton, Sarah Vaughan, Annie Ross and Carmen McRae. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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