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Louis Jordan:: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B
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."
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Louis Jordan:: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B
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."
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Louis Jordan:: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B

Louis Jordan:: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B

by Stephen Koch
Louis Jordan:: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B
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Louis Jordan:: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B

Louis Jordan:: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B

by Stephen Koch

Overview

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."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626194359
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 03/18/2014
Series: Music
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 1,065,172
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Arkansawyer Stephen Koch is a musician, playwright and award-winning reporter, editor and broadcast journalist. He's been studying the life and music of R&B pioneer Louis Jordan nearly since birth, getting hip to Beans & Cornbread"? bouncing on his dad's knee. He's spoken at, and performed music in, places ranging from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to festivals in the U.K. Koch lives in Little Rock, where he is creator and host of "Arkansongs, "? syndicated on National Public Radio affiliates."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Author's Note 9

Prologue 11

Chapter 1 "I Was Doing Pretty Good Then" 13

Chapter 2 "General Utility Entertainer" 16

Chapter 3 "Tell-'Em-'Bout-Me" 19

Chapter 4 "A Great Turning Point" 29

Chapter 5 "Straddle the Fence" 37

Chapter 6 "A New High-Water Mark" 54

Chapter 7 "You Fool Around with Them, You're Going to Get Yourself a Schoolin'" 61

Chapter 8 'A Perfect Showman" 79

Chapter 9 "I'm at the Top of the Hill, and On the Way Down" 89

Chapter 10 "Doc, It's Rock 'N' Roll" 94

Chapter 11 "So Who's the Fool?" 105

Chapter 12 "I Didn't Want to Change My Style" 111

Chapter 13 "Let's Don't Talk About the Winters" 115

Chapter 14 "The Greatest Hitmaker of All Times" 120

Chapter 15 "Why Should So Talented an Artist Remain the Rochester of the Jazz Entertainer?" 125

Chapter 16 "He Felt Better Than He'd Felt in a Long Time" 133

Chapter 17 "It Is Absolutely Nothing New" 136

Chapter 18 "Good Times Roll" 141

Bibliography 153

Index 157

About the Author 159

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