Jump Blues is an up-tempo style of Blues, 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 n Roll. Appreciation of Jump Blues was renewed in the 1990s as part of the Swing revival.
Jump Blues evolved from the music of big bands such as those of Lionel Hampton and Lucky Millinder. These bands of the early 1940s produced musicians such as Louis Jordan, Jack McVea, Earl Bostic, and Arnett Cobb.
Louis Jordan was probably the most popular of the Jump Blues stars, but many other artists played this genre, including Roy Brown, Amos Millburn and Joe Liggins as well as sax soloists like Jack McVea, Big Jay McNeely, and Bullmoose Jackson.

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Listen to some classic Jump Blues & RnB Jivers below.