The Essential CollectionLouis Jordan
Release Date: 04/17/2007
Original Release:
2007
# of Discs:
2
J&R Item # 979759_CD
UPC # 5022810189428
Label: West End Records
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Disc: 2
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Performer: Louis Jordan
Distributor: City Hall Notes: Additional personnel: The Calypso Boys, Ella Fitzgerald, His Tympany Five, Martha Davis , Bing Crosby.
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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