World TranscriptionsLouis Jordan
Release Date: 09/03/2002
Original Release:
2002
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 461733_CD
UPC # 717101206223
Label: Storyville
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Performer: Louis Jordan
Distributor: Allegro Corporation (Dist Notes: Personnel includes: Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone). Recorded between 1940 & 1946.
The most successful and influential purveyor of saxophone-driven jump blues, Louis Jordan was also one of the crucial transitional figures between the swing era and R&B. Although he started out mainly as a saxophonist with bandleaders such as Bessie Smith, Chick Webb, and Louis Armstrong, he found a niche singing blues and novelty tunes. After a string of hits throughout the 1940s, Jordan eventually found himself outpaced by the very rock & roll he had helped inspire.
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