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Louis Jordan: Going For The Long Jump!

Fred Dellar, NME, 6 August 1983

The last of the swingers, the first of the rockers, altoist Louis Jordan's influence stretches through BB King and David Bowie to the '80s jive jumpers. Fred Dellar affectionately examines Jordan's monumental career as the ace base.

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