Jump blues was a style of music that developed in the 1940s and was an offshoot of the big bands of the day. It was essentially an uptempo swing combining jazz, boogie and blues that was popular in ...

B.B. King is arguably the most influential bluesman of all time, and it's difficult to measure the enormity of his impact on other musicians. He quite simply transformed the basic vocabulary of blues ...

Ever since Chuck Berry hot-wired the "jump blues" sound in the 1950s, the electric guitar has been the soul of rock-and-roll. The plugged-in, amplified twang and squeal sounded like noise to adults, ...