[Dixielandjazz] Jump Blues -" Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens."

[David Richoux]

There was a really good multi-part article on Hokum/Jive in the  
Mississippi Rag (2005.)  Everything from pre-jazz vaudeville shouters  
to jumpin' blues and everything in between.  Cab was featured on the  
cover of one of the issues.

here is a link to more info:
http://www.mississippirag.com/back03_05.html

I liked the articles because most of the artists mentioned were  
regularly on my Jazz Parade playlist, almost from the start back in  
1883. Many people in my audience who were hoping I would only play  
"straight trad" were sometimes put off by all the fun stuff, but I  
did it anyway ;-)

Dave Richoux

On Feb 3, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Steven Holzer wrote:

> I've gone back to what seems to be the start of this Jump Blues  
> thread.
> I'm certianly happy to see the recognition it has generated for Louis
> Prima and louis jordan, both of whom are favoritesof mine. I am
> surprised, however, that such a discussion can take place without any
> mention of Cab calloway or Nat King Cole.
>
> Cab was mining the "jive" vein of swing throughout the thirties and  
> gave
> us such jump/rock precursors as "Straighten Up And Fly Right" and
> "Jumpin' Jive". Not a small group setting, for sure, but certainly
> spiritually related to all that came later.
>
> People who remember Nat Cole primarily for silky smooth love  
> ballads may
> be surprised to learn that he came to the world first as a highly
> influential pianist and that many of his earliest recordings were
> distinctly in the jump vein. Check out his work with Eddie Cole (his
> brother) and his Solid Senders and with the early King Cole trio.   
> These
> were the direct inspiration for Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, Charles
> Brown, and eventually Ray Charles, whose recordings showed a heavy  
> Cole
> influence before he tumbled on the soul approach that made him a  
> legend.
>
> Hit That Jive, Jack!
>
> Steve Holzer.
>