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ogibowt

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"Jump Blues" - the roots of rock and roll, originally popular in the late 1940's

Same as Big Joe Turner, Roy Brown, Amos Milburn, etc.

Here's the original from the early 50's by Ella Johnson:


There was a "jump blues/swing" revival in the early 1990's with a lot of white/mixed groups such as Roomful Of Blues getting into the style, with swing dancing or "jitterbug" becoming stylish again for a few years.

"The roots of the swing revival are generally traced back to 1989, which saw the formation of several of the scene's most prominent figures: Los Angeles' Royal Crown Revue and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, who often stuck close to playing traditionally-styled jump blues and rockabilly; San Francisco's Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, who showcased vocal jazz and blues influences; and Eugene, Oregon's Cherry Poppin' Daddies, who incorporated elements of punk rock and ska into swing and jazz music.

California soon emerged as the center of the burgeoning neo-swing movement, with such clubs as Los Angeles' Brown Derby and San Francisco's Club DeLuxe regularly hosting swing and jazz bands as well as offering free swing dancing lessons. By the early 1990s, swing music had started appearing in popular culture, serving as the focal point of the 1993 drama Swing Kids while featuring heavily in the 1994 comedy The Mask, in which Royal Crown Revue made an on-screen cameo. By this time, retro swing had started expanding outside of its West Coast roots, leading to the formation of swing bands in such places as Texas (8½ Souvenirs, The Lucky Strikes), Michigan (The Atomic Fireballs, The Deluxtone Rockets), North Carolina (Squirrel Nut Zippers) and Canada (Big Rude Jake, Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra).

In 1996, the American comedy Swingers, which featured scenes filmed at The Derby and a musical performance by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, became a critical and commercial success and is frequently credited with bringing the swing revival further into the cultural mainstream."

If your search "jump blues " on Wikipedia there's a good article on the original roots of it.
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my dad had some records performed by Big Joe Turner....and i listened to them growing up as a teen...some stuff that was definetly risque , suggestive and politically incorect...and in my young mind i thought that my dad was pretty cool in liking this type of music...but i never let on that i felt that way lol....
 
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eddie kerr

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My first experience with R &R music watching my first ever movie as a 14 year old, The Blackboard Jungle, which was opened by Bill Haley's band singing Rock Around The Clock. Movie starred Glen Ford, Vic Morrow, Sandy Dennis and in his first film, Sidney Poitier. About a NY city high school class that was filled with violence, Poitier was the good guy. As I was attending my first year high school, it really affected me for a long time. But it was then when I became a R & R big time fan.
 
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My fave early R&R movie was "The Girl Can't Help It", with Jayne Mansfield (plus some forgettable male actors).

It included musical performances by Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, the Platters, and Gene Vincent.


I've got the Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Edition DVD...
 
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