Jimmy Preston

Alto sax blower Jimmy Preston is a different one from the legion of postwar R&B numbers that may accurately end up being cited as an authentic forefather of rock and roll & move. His chief state to popularity: the blistering 1949 smash “Rock and roll the Joint,” which motivated a groundbreaking cover by Costs Haley & the Comets in 1952. “Rock and roll the Joint” wasn’t Preston’s initial visit to the R&B TOP. Previously in 1949, he’d strike with “Hucklebuck Daddy.” Both had been cut for Ivin Ballen’s Philadelphia-based Gotham logo design. The scorching sax breaks on “Rock and roll the Joint” weren’t Preston’s carrying out, but tenor saxist Danny Turner’s. Preston lower rather prolifically for Gotham through a lot of 1950 (including a program with jazzman Benny Golson on tenor sax) before switching to Derby Information and credit scoring his last strike, “Oh Babe” (using a vocal by Burnetta Evans). The 1950 time for the brand new York label was evidently his last.