Jump blues

Jump Blues is a fast-paced form of the blues that was particularly popular in the United States in the 1940s . The instrumentation with brass instruments adopted by the big bands , a driving rhythm , strongly syncopated singing and often comedic texts with reference to the contemporary urban environment are characteristic. In contrast to most other blues games, jump blues includes the guitar in the rhythm section.

Jump Blues was initially known as Blues and Rhythm , and later as Rhythm and Blues . It appeared in the late 1930s and had its heyday in the 1940s through the early 1950s. Well-known representatives of jump blues included Louis Jordan , Big Joe Turner and Wynonie Harris , who were among the first black musicians to have commercial chart success outside the defined market of African-American "race music" .

Usually in jump blues the singer (s) is accompanied by an orchestra or a medium-sized combo with a dominant brass section. The typical elements of this music - driving rhythm, loud singing, roaring saxophone solos - are considered the forerunners of rock 'n' roll . The texts are often characterized by showing off. Jump Blues is the connection of earlier blues styles - mainly performed by small bands - with the big band sound of the 1940s.

The jump blues was revived in the 1980s by musicians like Joe Jackson (especially on his 1981 album Jumpin 'Jive ) and Brian Setzer . Today's representatives are for example MoPac & The Blue Suburbans and Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s .

See also

LaVern Baker Calvin Boze Tiny Bradshaw Jackie Brenston Roy Brown Ruth Brown Lorenzo Flennoy Wynonie Harris Louis Jordan Smiley Lewis

Joe Liggins Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Jimmy McCracklin Big Miller Jimmy Nelson Louis Great Mabel Scott Billy Wright Big Joe Turner

Web links

• The Big Heat: a brief history of jump blues (Engl.) ( Memento of 30 September 2007 at the Internet Archive )
• Jump Blues Guitar
• Lindy Hop: a jump blues dance