◇ image via WikipediaLouie Bellson
Louie Bellson is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Buddy Rich, Shelly Manne, Chick Webb, Jo Jones and Gene Krupa. Those roots explain a lot about how Louie Bellson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ginger Baker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bill Ward, Billy Cobham, Icky Thump, Nick Menza and Oliver Nelson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Louie Bellson, reaching back through Buddy Rich and forward to Bill Ward. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Louie Bellson grew out of Buddy Rich, Shelly Manne, Chick Webb and Jo Jones, shares an orbit with Ginger Baker, went on to shape Bill Ward, Billy Cobham, Icky Thump and Nick Menza. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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