◇ image via WikipediaWoody Herman
Woody Herman is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Caterina Valente, Bing Crosby, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Those roots explain a lot about how Woody Herman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway and Fats Waller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sunshine of Your Love, Neal Hefti, Phil Upchurch, Anita O'Day and Nat Adderley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Woody Herman, reaching back through Caterina Valente and forward to Sunshine of Your Love. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Woody Herman connections
Woody Herman grew out of Caterina Valente, Bing Crosby, Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, shares an orbit with Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Cab Calloway, went on to shape Sunshine of Your Love, Neal Hefti, Phil Upchurch and Anita O'Day. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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