Jordan, Louis (1908-1975)
One of America's most prominent musicians of the 1940s, Louis Jordan was a singer, a baritone and alto sax player, a clarinetist, and a bandleader. From 1942 to 1951, ...
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Louis Jordan's (1908-1975) jazz-based boogie shuffle rhythms laid the foundation for rhythm and blues, modern electric blues, and rockabilly music.At the height of his career, in the 1940s, bandleader...
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