◇ image via WikipediaStan Kenton
Stan Kenton is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Charlie Mariano, Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman and Benny Carter. Those roots explain a lot about how Stan Kenton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson and Buddy Rich, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Dankworth, Gerald Wilson, Tom Harrell, Chet Baker and Charlie Haden, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Stan Kenton, reaching back through Charlie Mariano and forward to John Dankworth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Stan Kenton connections
Stan Kenton grew out of Charlie Mariano, Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines and Benny Goodman, shares an orbit with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Oscar Peterson, went on to shape John Dankworth, Gerald Wilson, Tom Harrell and Chet Baker. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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