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Sidney Bechet

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Sidney Bechet is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Jelly Roll Morton and Trixie Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Sidney Bechet arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie and Jelly Roll Morton, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Martial Solal, Eddie Bo, Louis Armstrong, Caterina Valente and Duke Ellington, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Sidney Bechet, reaching back through Jelly Roll Morton and forward to Martial Solal. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Sidney BechetJelly Roll MortonTrixie SmithMartial SolalEddie BoLouis ArmstrongCaterina ValenteDuke EllingtonPatricia KaasVan MorrisonColeman HawkinsBenny GoodmanFats WallerColeman HawkinsCount BasieJelly Roll MortonDuke EllingtonDjango ReinhardtLouis Jordan

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Sidney Bechet connections

Sidney Bechet grew out of Jelly Roll Morton and Trixie Smith, shares an orbit with Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Coleman Hawkins and Count Basie, went on to shape Martial Solal, Eddie Bo, Louis Armstrong and Caterina Valente. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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