◇ image via WikipediaSheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus. Those roots explain a lot about how Sheila Jordan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Carmen McRae, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Nancy Wilson and Annie Ross, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lee Konitz, Carla Bley, Bob Moses and George Russell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Sheila Jordan, reaching back through Charlie Parker and forward to Lee Konitz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sheila Jordan connections
Sheila Jordan grew out of Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus, shares an orbit with Carmen McRae, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter and Nancy Wilson, went on to shape Lee Konitz, Carla Bley, Bob Moses and George Russell. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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