With the rise of jump blues in the early 1940s came a new sound on the tenor saxophone that was brash, bossy and energetic. [Photo above of Arnett Cobb]
Jump blues surfaced to meet the dance tastes of Southern blacks who had migrated North and West to escape racial hostility and find better-paying manufacturing jobs during World War II. The music coupled…
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