{"id":29385,"date":"2014-03-15T23:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T23:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=29385"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:45:35","slug":"louis-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=29385","title":{"rendered":"Louis Jordan + Big Joe Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Effervescent saxophonist\u00a0Louis Jordan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0was one of the chief architects and prime progenitors of the R<\/strong>&B<\/strong> idiom. His pioneering use of jumping shuffle rhythms in a small combo context was copied far and wide during the 1940s . . .\u00a0A heart attack silenced this visionary in 1975, but not before he acted as the bridge between the big band era and the rise of R&B<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"isyouorisyouaint\"<\/a><\/h6>\n

I got a gal who’s always late anytime we have a date
\nBut I love her, yes I love her
\nI’m gonna walk up to her gate\u00a0–\u00a0see if I can get it straight
\n‘Cause I want her, I’m gonna ask her<\/p>\n

Is you is or is you ain’t my baby<\/strong>
\nThe way you’re actin’ lately makes me doubt
\nYou’s is still my baby, baby
\nSeems my flame in your heart’s done gone out<\/p>\n

A woman is a creature that has always been strange
\nJust when you’re sure of one, you find she’s gone and made a change<\/p>\n

Is you is or is you ain’t my baby<\/a><\/strong> – Maybe baby’s found somebody new
\nOr is my baby still my baby true<\/p>\n

\u2207\u00a0\u00a0 ‘Saturday Night Fish Fry’\u00a0 \u21d3<\/h5>\n