◇ image via WikipediaLouis Prima
Louis Prima is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Louis Armstrong and Phil Harris. Those roots explain a lot about how Louis Prima arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Louis Jordan, Count Basie, Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman and Fats Waller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Benny Goodman, Keely Smith, Frank Sinatra, Sonny & Cher and Jo Stafford, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Louis Prima, reaching back through Louis Armstrong and forward to Benny Goodman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Louis Prima connections
Louis Prima grew out of Louis Armstrong and Phil Harris, shares an orbit with Louis Jordan, Count Basie, Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman, went on to shape Benny Goodman, Keely Smith, Frank Sinatra and Sonny & Cher. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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