Louie Jordan: The Master Jazzman of Jive and King of the Jukeboxes

https://aubreylewis2.com/ One of the main reasons the HMRC exists is to bring attention to people like Louis Jordan. He was truly a great musician/entertainer that was ahead of his time, and yet, is virtually unknown to today's generation. Louis Jordan (born:1908 - died: 1975) was one of the FIRST multi-media entertainers, using movie shorts (a precursor to modern day music videos) to expand his audience. He was also a great singer, multi-instrumental musician (step aside Prince!), a 'rapper' (he was one of the 1st to use rap/rhyming in his music....beginning in the 1940s!), and he was a great song writer, as well as a great entertainer overall. His style of music could easily be categorized as early Rock and Roll, but unfortunately, he is overlooked in the American music history books. This video is for educational purposes only. This video may contain copyrighted material. This material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding of historical, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. that constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go BEYOND ‘FAIR USE’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.