Are you kidding me? Are we comparing the virtuosity, class, and poetry of Louis Jordan to the auto-tuned and synthesized trash of those guys? They shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence. Egads, what has music come to?!
The voiceover has plenty of problems: he was from Arkansas, not Alabama; he was much more a jazzman than a "bluesman"; he "came to prominence" about three years into his own bandleading, not back when he was one of the guys in Webb's big band; the Tympany Five played using the swing rhythms that were normal at the time; he had little personally to do with the evolution of the mid-'40s jump blues sound (which he was still using in the early '50s) into the rock and roll sound....
You're right! Arkansas!! They need to get their facts straight. He was great jazzman, but the blues is the foundation of it all. Without it jazz would not be what it is.
I had no trouble, but I've got high speed. I'd never heard of this artist. I sure recognized that LP though, LOL. My mom gave me quite a few as keep sakes of the old days..I've got Louis Armstrong, Doris Day, Sinatra, and many,many more on LP! I finally had to buy a new record player that plays LPs and CD's. I like trumpets, R&B, and other styles of music as well...guess I've got the music in me..........Thanks for sharing this......
Maybe your connection is slow. Mine is, so I usually pause and wait until that wee red line has gone left to right entirely, then you can watch without the interruptions.
Am I the only one having trouble with this clip? It stops every few seconds. It has taken me over 15 minutes to get through 2min35 seconds of this video.
@dggd And visa versa--without swing, blues wouldn't be what it is I suppose...they support each other :) Mutual friends--jazz and blues forever!
SoFlySoAwesome 6 months ago in playlist Percy Mayfield / Cab Calloway / Louis Jordan / Chuck Willis
From Louis Jordan to Lil Wayne and T-Pain, what a long strange trip it has been.
PeavySubs 3 years ago
Are you kidding me? Are we comparing the virtuosity, class, and poetry of Louis Jordan to the auto-tuned and synthesized trash of those guys? They shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence. Egads, what has music come to?!
lumpiahead 2 years ago
The voiceover has plenty of problems: he was from Arkansas, not Alabama; he was much more a jazzman than a "bluesman"; he "came to prominence" about three years into his own bandleading, not back when he was one of the guys in Webb's big band; the Tympany Five played using the swing rhythms that were normal at the time; he had little personally to do with the evolution of the mid-'40s jump blues sound (which he was still using in the early '50s) into the rock and roll sound....
JosephNScott 4 years ago
You're right! Arkansas!! They need to get their facts straight. He was great jazzman, but the blues is the foundation of it all. Without it jazz would not be what it is.
dggd 2 years ago
I had no trouble, but I've got high speed. I'd never heard of this artist. I sure recognized that LP though, LOL. My mom gave me quite a few as keep sakes of the old days..I've got Louis Armstrong, Doris Day, Sinatra, and many,many more on LP! I finally had to buy a new record player that plays LPs and CD's. I like trumpets, R&B, and other styles of music as well...guess I've got the music in me..........Thanks for sharing this......
muse7722 4 years ago
Sonny Rollins says that the reason HE became a musician is because of Louis Jordan. Jordan was a marvelous musician.
mikaylasax 4 years ago
Maybe your connection is slow. Mine is, so I usually pause and wait until that wee red line has gone left to right entirely, then you can watch without the interruptions.
Finbarbarfin 5 years ago
or maybe you got too many other programmes running?
danrose 5 years ago
Am I the only one having trouble with this clip? It stops every few seconds. It has taken me over 15 minutes to get through 2min35 seconds of this video.
Ithildriel 5 years ago