Louis Jordan

Jazz Library by BBC

Oct 22, 201142:01Society & Culture

The saxophonist and singer Louis Jordan bridged the gap between jazz and rhythm and blues, pioneering many techniques that would be the foundation of r and b, and of rock, but always played as straight ahead jazz. Jordan...

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