The 1940s king of 'jumpin' jive' is honored in Arkansas. But some think he still hasn't gotten his due. Straining to hear Louis Jordan's music - Los Angeles Times ...

In July 1944, Koch notes, Billboard reported that 4,200 blacks danced to Jordan's "jumpin' jive" at an auditorium in Oakland, California, and 2,700 whites stomped and sweated to his tunes at a ...

Joe Jackson paid tribute to jazz heroes Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway and Glenn Miller on 'Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive,' released in June 1981. Skip to main content Skip to site footer.

The PD9 performs Harlem Jive by Fats Waller, swing era tunes by Duke Ellington, Benny Moten, Count Basie and Fletcher Henderson as well as the jumpin' jive of Louis Jordan. Cofounded by RJ Spangler & ...

Joe Jackson's detour into the '40s sounds of Louis Jordan and Cab Calloway on 1981's Jumpin' Jive should have made clear that he was more than just another of the new wave's "angry young men.". If ...

Joe Jackson paid tribute to jazz heroes Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway and Glenn Miller on 'Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive,' released in June 1981. Bryan Wawzenek. Bryan Wawzenek.