Louis Jordan R&B Pioneer, From Reet Petite & Gone! part 1

Louis Jordan was a jump jazz musican and Godfather of rhythm & blues. This singer/sax man was hugely popular during the 1940's and an inspiration to a number of the legends of 1950's r&b. James Brown has cited watching soundies, early music videos that played between films in theaters, as an early influence. Here we present part one of preformences culled from the film Reet Petite and Gone. The highlights include an excellent version of Let The Good Times Roll and a song by Brenda Richardson.
The complete film is available for free at the InternetArchive;
http://www.archive.org/details/Reet_Petite_and_Gone
Here is a link to the official Louis Jordan web site;
http://www.louisjordan.com/
The video is produced by Mike Beyer for MindsiMedia. If you liked this video we have several other videos featuring vintage r& b performers on this playlist;
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1FB1F6BAED2E4BC8
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• rhythm
• and
• blues
• jazz
• jive
• jump
• sax
• louis
• jordan
• soundies
• music

[eyefulpower]

"Hey everybody! Let's have some fun. You only live but once, and when your dead your gone, so let the Good Times Roll."

[MindsiMedia]

@eyefulpower Hear Hear, Cheers!

[ccaammiiittoo1]

Some awfully good memories here. We used to jitterbug into the wee hours of the morning to Louis' music.

[nublex]

oh let the good times roll...

just let me deal with my alcoholism first, ok? fine

[cribpointcritter]

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

[cribpointcritter]

Laissez faire le bon temps roller.

[bopkick5]

he woz killer supreme brothers. let mi tell ya. james brown cite louis jordan as number one man

[SupaStarry]

i just caught this movie a couple weeks ago late late one night and i liked it. yea its obviously old and the acting's not that good but it had alot of Louis's music in it. I stayed up till like 3am to catch it lol