Lineages
The spirit of Jazz at times reads like a long line of begats — each artist being influenced by the leading personalities of their earlier bands, and influencing those people who played in their later bands. Here is one — out of many — of these genealogies:
King Oliver - Canal Street Blues
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Louis Armstrong - Sugar Foot Stomp
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Fletcher Henderson - Stampede
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Coleman Hawkins - Recollections
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Thelonious Monk - Ruby, My Dear
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John Coltrane - Naima
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Eric Dolphy - Stormy Weather
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Charles Mingus - Ode to Bird and Dizzy
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Charles McPherson - Lush Life
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Pat Martino - Oleo
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