◇ image via WikipediaStan Kenton
Stan Kenton is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Machito, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, Benny Carter and Charlie Mariano. 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 Art Pepper, Laurindo Almeida, Shelly Manne, June Christy and Anita O'Day, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Stan Kenton, reaching back through Machito and forward to Art Pepper. 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 Machito, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman and Benny Carter, shares an orbit with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Oscar Peterson, went on to shape Art Pepper, Laurindo Almeida, Shelly Manne and June Christy. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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