Jump blues
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Jump blues is a type of up-tempo blues music influenced by big band sound. It is characterized by a jazzy, saxophone (or brass instruments) sound, driving rhythms and shouted, highly syncopated vocals and earthy, comedic lyrics on contemporary urban themes. Unlike most other types of blues, the jump blues relegates the guitar to the rhythm section.
The jump blues first appeared in the late 1930s, and was enormously popular in the Forties and early Fifties through artists such as Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner and Wynonie Harris, who were among the first black artists to achieve significant commercial and chart success outside the confines of the segregated "race" (R&B) market.
Jump blues was an early manifestation of what became the classic rock and roll style of the mid-Fifites. It was revived in the 1980s by artists such as Joe Jackson and Brian Setzer and continues today with bands like "MoPac and The Blue Suburbans" and "Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s".
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- African American music
- Big Joe Turner
- Jackie Brenston
- Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
- Louis Jordan
- Louis Prima
- Ruth Brown
- LaVern Baker
- Wynonie Harris
- Roy Brown
- Jimmy Nelson
- Joe Liggins
- Smiley Lewis
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