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Louis Jordan : son of Arkansas, father of R & B by Stephen Koch is a music available to read on EtoBox.

What is Louis Jordan : son of Arkansas, father of R & B about?

Though you may not know the man, you probably know his music. Arkansas-born Louis Jordan's songs like "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Caldonia" and "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" can still be heard today, decades since Jordan ruled the charts. In his five-decade career, Jordan influenced American popular music, film and more and inspired the likes of James Brown, B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. Known as the "King of the Jukeboxes," he and his combo played a hybrid of jazz, swing, blues and comedy music during the big band era that became the start of R & B. In a stunning narrative portrait of Louis Jordan, author Stephen Koch contextualizes the great, forgotten musician among his musical peers, those he influenced and the musical present

Who reads Louis Jordan : son of Arkansas, father of R & B?

It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.

Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.

Author
Stephen Koch
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781626194359
Category
music
Subjects
Memoir, Fiction, History
Rating
4.4 / 5 (26 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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