◇ image via WikipediaLouis Jordan
Louis Jordan is a Blues and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Mac Davis, Mickey Baker, Slim Gaillard, Lucky Millinder and Andy Bey. Those roots explain a lot about how Louis Jordan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Fats Waller, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner and Coleman Hawkins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jr. Walker & The All Stars, The Soul Searchers, Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers, Tommy Edwards and Chuck Brown, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around Louis Jordan, reaching back through Mac Davis and forward to Jr. Walker & The All Stars. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Louis Jordan connections
Louis Jordan grew out of Mac Davis, Mickey Baker, Slim Gaillard and Lucky Millinder, shares an orbit with Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Fats Waller, Benny Goodman and Big Joe Turner, went on to shape Jr. Walker & The All Stars, The Soul Searchers, Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers and Tommy Edwards. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Louis Jordan
Sounds and acts that shaped Louis Jordan.
Artists similar to Louis Jordan
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Louis Jordan.
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Bands Louis Jordan shaped
Where the influence of Louis Jordan travelled next.
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