◇ image via WikipediaRudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is a Jazz act. They run in the same orbit as Carmen McRae, Oscar Peterson, Nancy Wilson, Uncle Louie and Roundabout, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Jimmy Smith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Rudy Van Gelder and forward to John Coltrane. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Rudy Van Gelder connections
Rudy Van Gelder shares an orbit with Carmen McRae, Oscar Peterson, Nancy Wilson and Uncle Louie, went on to shape John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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