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Slim Gaillard

Blues
Blues

Slim Gaillard is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Duke Ellington. Those roots explain a lot about how Slim Gaillard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Louis Jordan, Count Basie, Fats Waller and Cab Calloway, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins, David Sanborn, Marvin Gaye and Barney Kessel, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Slim Gaillard, reaching back through Duke Ellington and forward to Cab Calloway. 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
Slim GaillardDuke EllingtonCab CallowayColeman HawkinsDavid SanbornMarvin GayeBarney KesselJay McShannFrankie LaineOh My Darling, Cleme…Louis Jordan & His T…Louis JordanCount BasieFats WallerCab CallowayDuke EllingtonChick WebbElla Mae Morse

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Slim Gaillard connections

Slim Gaillard grew out of Duke Ellington, shares an orbit with Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Louis Jordan, Count Basie and Fats Waller, went on to shape Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins, David Sanborn and Marvin Gaye. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Slim Gaillard

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Sounds and acts that shaped Slim Gaillard.

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