Jump blues

Jump blues
Jump blues
Stylistic origins	Blues; swing; boogie-woogie; Jazz;
Cultural origins	Late 1930s, U.S.
Fusion genres
	Electric blues; rhythm and blues; rock and roll;

Jump blues is an up-tempo style of blues, jazz, and boogie woogie usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments. It was popular in the 1940s and was a precursor of rhythm and blues and rock and roll. Appreciation of jump blues was renewed in the 1990s as part of the swing revival.

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