Louis Jordan





Just saw a bio-segment about him the other night, its been long time since I've seen something about him on TV. They also showed clip of his famous short movie "Caldonia".

I became a fan since Malcom X's soundtrack which includes his infamous "Beans & Cornbread". This is the man who built the bridge between Jazz/swing music & RnB up untill Ray Charles came up and everybody started calling it "Soul".
[This message was edited Sun Jul 4 10:28:21 2004 by Harlepolis]

His Jump Blues influence might be even more profound on Rock music. Without him, either Chuck Berry would never have been known to the world, or he'd have been a VERY different artist. When you hear Rock artists who came to be in the '50s, like Fats Domino and Berry you hear the cadence of delivery in their vocals that was nothing but LOUIS JORDAN.

And saxophone was the featured instrument of Rock music prior to its evolution of being piano driven, and then eventually guitar driven. That stuff was pure Juke Joint!

You think Ike Turner's "Rocket 88" (and early years) were influenced by Louis Jordan? Bet the house on it.

Good lookin' out! This guy was great!

I grew up listening to him -- my parents were huge fans. I found a Best Of CD that hits the high points of his career, and I listen to it every so often...

Harlepolis,I am really,really impressed with your amazing knowledge of R&B music.Your threads are like a music history lesson

DavidEye said:

Amen. Take us to school, chile

Thanx 4 the props ya'll

I'm only trying to learn by posting this topic from people who have deeper knowledge about him myself, so that makes 2 of us