Result!

The new additions of Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band appear to have *seriously* increased connectivity in the King Crimson tree - now look at it, way over 1600.

I've been away for a while, and I see in my absence King Crimson continues to lap the competition -- currently at 1744. Centipede's at 1588, but it doesn't look like any other band has cracked 1500.

King Crimson has quietly passed 2000 -- it's now at 2068. Others above 1500 now:

Centipede 1854
The Dedication Orchestra 1739
Asia 1728
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band 1657
Whitesnake 1647
Mike Westbrook Orchestra 1642
Uriah Heep 1586
Keith Tippett's Ark 1577
Soft Machine 1505

King Crimson's at 2400 now. But Centipede (and anything one step away from Centipede) continues to grow...

Centipede 2236
The Dedication Orchestra 2146
Mike Westbrook Orchestra 2030
Asia 1915
Whitesnake 1906
Keith Tippett's Ark 1902
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band 1829
Dennis González Dallas-London Sextet 1785
Soft Machine 1781
Uriah Heep 1767
The United Jazz + Rock Ensemble 1767
Company 1735

Yes I noticed that, after the latest Lacy entry. Tightened a few chains, you can tell ...

Now that the stats and trees are back up, I see that King Crimson has tipped the 3000 mark (currently at 3010). But others are close behind:

Centipede: 2930
The Dedication Orchestra: 2887
Mike Westbrook Orchestra: 2751
The Louisiana Gator Boys: 2578
The Charlie Watts Orchestra: 2529
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: 2522
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers: 2512
Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra: 2486
Keith Tippett's Ark: 2485
Louis Moholo Octet: 2466
The United Jazz + Rock Ensemble: 2404
Ginger Baker's Air Force: 2355
Whitesnake: 2337
Soft Machine: 2317
David Thomas & The Pedestrians: 2312
Asia: 2305

(KC's within 3 steps of only 8.6% of the db, a far cry from the 19% at the top of the thread.)

Mike Gibbs Orchestra makes its debut on our leaderboard, one of four bands that have surpassed the 3000 mark.

King Crimson 3315
Centipede 3134
The Dedication Orchestra 3115
Mike Gibbs Orchestra 3014

Mike Westbrook Orchestra and The Jazz Composer's Orchestra have broken into the 3000 club. In other news, The Dedication Orchestra has raced ahead of Centipede to take second place behind KC. The orchestras are taking over...

King Crimson: 3378
The Dedication Orchestra: 3236
Centipede: 3182
Mike Gibbs Orchestra: 3118
Mike Westbrook Orchestra: 3100
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra: 3029

(And now add Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra to the 3000 list -- currently at 3002.)

Now things get *really* interesting...

King Crimson 3534
The Secret Police 3516
The Dedication Orchestra 3509

Getting closer to knocking off the mighty KC...

King Crimson 3621
The Secret Police 3618
The Dedication Orchestra 3610

If someone would be able to find out the lineup of Cupid's Inspiration that would add 1 to KC ... not even Gordon Haskell knows, and he was in the band.

... Sorry, no, did my own research, they seem not to have recorded while he was with them.

Our new numbers show The Dedication Orchestra edging out KC by one. It's the end of a four-year reign.

The Dedication Orchestra 3832
King Crimson 3831
The Secret Police 3785

King Crimson went ahead again at some point. The frontrunners in the race to 4000:

King Crimson 3981
The Dedication Orchestra 3977
The Secret Police 3902

And the also-rans:

Mike Westbrook Orchestra 3848
Centipede 3783
Mike Gibbs Orchestra 3782
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra 3620
The Louisiana Gator Boys 3563
Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra 3556
Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band 3478
Peter Brötzmann Group 3410

I guess this game is over now that we're only displaying 2 degrees of separation for well-connected bands... Or else we can just play the 2-degree game. Jazz orchestras take most of the top spots:

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra 1407
Mike Gibbs Orchestra 1215
The Dedication Orchestra 1137
Globe Unity Orchestra 1100
Mike Westbrook Orchestra 1094
The Secret Police 1076
Cecil Taylor European Orchestra 1069
Centipede 1057
Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra 1049

...with King Crimson way back in the pack at 862.