◇ 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 Bobby Darin, Louis Jordan, Count Basie, Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Au Revoir Simone, Roland Alphonso, Benny Goodman, Keely Smith and Frank Sinatra, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Louis Prima, reaching back through Louis Armstrong and forward to Au Revoir Simone. 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 Bobby Darin, Louis Jordan, Count Basie and Peggy Lee, went on to shape Au Revoir Simone, Roland Alphonso, Benny Goodman and Keely Smith. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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