◇ image via WikipediaRay Conniff
Ray Conniff is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Roberto Carlos and Artie Shaw. Those roots explain a lot about how Ray Conniff arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Perry Como, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, André Rieu, Burt Bacharach and Henry Mancini, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Wonders and Big Calm, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Ray Conniff, reaching back through Roberto Carlos and forward to The Wonders. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ray Conniff connections
Ray Conniff grew out of Roberto Carlos and Artie Shaw, shares an orbit with Perry Como, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, André Rieu and Burt Bacharach, went on to shape The Wonders and Big Calm. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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