List of jump blues musicians

The following is a list of jump blues musicians.

A

*Alberta Adams
*Sil Austin

B

*LaVern Baker
*Big Maybelle

*Big Three Trio - This group formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1946 with members Willie Dixon, Bernardo Dennis and Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston. After only a year together Dennis left the band and was replaced by Ollie Crawford. The band performed acoustic and electric Chicago blues as well as jump blues. They disbanded in 1952. They worked for labels like Okeh Records and Columbia Records.

*Calvin Boze
*Tiny Bradshaw
*Jackie Brenston
*Nappy Brown

*Roy Brown (blues musician) - (September 10, 1925 – May 25, 1981) Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Brown was a quite respected rhythm and blues pianist and singer, a musician that also performed urban blues, West Coast blues and jump blues over his quite long career. He did record one rather strange song called "Butcher Pete", the content of which deals with a combination of felacio and cannibalism.

*Ruth Brown

C

*Arnett Cobb

D

*Floyd Dixon

F

*Jimmy Forrest

G

*Tiny Grimes

H

*Peppermint Harris
*Wynonie Harris
*Joe Houston

J

*Bull Moose Jackson - (April 22, 1919 – July 31, 1989) Born in Cleveland, Ohio as Benjamin Joseph Jackson, Jackson was a rhythm and blues and jump blues saxophonist and singer. He also is included in the dirty blues genre due to his sometimes suggestive songs, like "I Want a Bowlegged Woman", "Big Ten Inch Record" or "Big Ten Inch Woman". He recorded for the King Records label.
*Willis "Gator" Jackson
*Illinois Jacquet
*Buddy Johnson
*Ella Johnson
*Louis Jordan

L

*Julia Lee - (October 31, 1902 – december 8, 1958) Born in Boonville, Missouri, Lee was a jump blues pianist and singer who also performed swing music. Her inclusion in the so-called dirty blues genre is due to two songs she performed, ie. "King-Size Papa" and "Snatch It and Grab It". However, it would be very misleading to characterize her music as always being in this vein. She released several solo albums.

*Joe Liggins
*Jimmy Liggins
*Little Willie Littlefield

M

*Big Jay McNeely
*Jay McShann
*Amos Milburn
*Lucky Millinder
*Roy Milton
*Ella Mae Morse

O

*Johnny Otis

P

*Flip Phillips
*Sammy Price
*Louis Prima
*Red Prysock

R

*Roomful of Blues
*Jimmy Rushing

T

*Sam "The Man" Taylor
*The Treniers
*Big Joe Turner
*Titus Turner

V

*Eddie Vinson

W

*L.C. Williams - (March 12, 1930 – October 18, 1960) Born in Crockett, Texas, Williams was a Texas blues and jump blues singer who did a number of sides for Freedom Records in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He also worked with Lightnin' Hopkins on occasion.

*Jimmy Witherspoon

References

*Allmusic