◇ image via WikipediaTeddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Benny Carter, Earl Hines, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. Those roots explain a lot about how Teddy Wilson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Benny Carter, Hank Jones, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Oscar Peterson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Oscar Peterson Trio, Ray Bryant, Marian McPartland, Dick Hyman and George Winston, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Teddy Wilson, reaching back through Benny Carter and forward to Oscar Peterson Trio. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Teddy Wilson connections
Teddy Wilson grew out of Benny Carter, Earl Hines, Art Tatum and Duke Ellington, shares an orbit with Benny Carter, Hank Jones, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, went on to shape Oscar Peterson Trio, Ray Bryant, Marian McPartland and Dick Hyman. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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