Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive

Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive
Studio album by
Released19 June 1981[1]
RecordedMay 1981
StudioBasing Street, London
GenreJump blues, swing revival
Length42:17
LabelA&M
ProducerJoe Jackson
Joe Jackson chronology
Beat Crazy
(1980)
Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive
(1981)
Night and Day
(1982)
1998 remastered edition cover art

Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive is the fourth studio album by Joe Jackson.[2] Released in 1981, it is a collection of covers of classic 1940s swing and jump blues songs originally performed by musicians such as Louis Jordan and Cab Calloway, the latter of whose song "Jumpin' Jive" was the eponym for this album.

The album and single were credited to Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive.[3]

A remastered edition was released in late 1998.

  1. ^ "Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive" (PDF). Record Mirror. 20 June 1981. p. 32. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 485–486. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 274. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.