Jump blues
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Jump blues is an uptempo style of blues with jazz and boogie woogie influence, usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments. It was popular in the 1940s and was a precursor of rhythm
Alto saxophonist Louis Jordan in New York, July 1946
Jordan with his Tympany Five
Lionel Hampton
Rock and roll
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Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The origins of rock and roll are rooted in a blending of African-American musical gen
Jump blues
…woogie influence, usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments. It was popular in the 1940s and was a precursor of rhythm and blues and rock and roll. Appreciation of jump blues was renewed in the 1990s as part of the swing revival. Jump blues evolved from the music of big bands such as those of…
Sign commemorating the role of Alan Freed and Cleveland, Ohio, in the origins of rock and roll
Disc jockey Alan Freed is credited with popularizing the term "rock and roll" and introducing the genre across racial barriers in the 1950s
Chuck Berry in 1958
Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson's record "Roll 'Em Pete" is regarded as a precursor to rock and roll.