◇ image via WikipediaTake the "A" Train
Take the "A" Train is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Fletcher Henderson. Those roots explain a lot about how Take the "A" Train arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Ella Fitzgerald, Chicago, Jo Stafford, Clifford Brown and Max Roach, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Take the "A" Train, reaching back through Fletcher Henderson and forward to Ella Fitzgerald. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Take the "A" Train connections
Take the "A" Train grew out of Fletcher Henderson, went on to shape Ella Fitzgerald, Chicago, Jo Stafford and Clifford Brown. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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