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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 Duke Ellington, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marvin Gaye, Barney Kessel, Jay McShann, Frankie Laine and Oh My Darling, Clementine, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Slim Gaillard, reaching back through Duke Ellington and forward to Marvin Gaye. 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 EllingtonMarvin GayeBarney KesselJay McShannFrankie LaineOh My Darling, Cleme…Charlie ParkerDizzy GillespieCab CallowayLouis Jordan & His T…Louis JordanCount BasieFats WallerDuke EllingtonChick WebbElla Mae MorseBenny Goodman

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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 Marvin Gaye, Barney Kessel, Jay McShann and Frankie Laine. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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