◇ image via WikipediaPaul Desmond
Paul Desmond is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Johnny Mandel and Lester Young. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Desmond arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lee Konitz, Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins, Wes Montgomery and Hank Mobley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Jim Hall, Take Five and Eliane Elias, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Paul Desmond, reaching back through Charlie Parker and forward to Gerry Mulligan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Paul Desmond connections
Paul Desmond grew out of Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Johnny Mandel and Lester Young, shares an orbit with Lee Konitz, Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins and Wes Montgomery, went on to shape Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Jim Hall and Take Five. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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