◇ image via WikipediaLouis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as Roy Brown, Chick Webb, Wynonie Harris, Louis Jordan and Ella Mae Morse, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chuck Berry, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five and forward to Chuck Berry. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Tympany Five was a famous, successful, and influential American rhythm and blues and jazz dance band founded by Louis Jordan in 1938. The group was composed of a horn section of three to five different pieces and also drums, double bass, guitar and piano.
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Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five shares an orbit with Roy Brown, Chick Webb, Wynonie Harris and Louis Jordan, went on to shape Chuck Berry. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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