All American Award Concert

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRmH_cNZQIo

The other precursor to Rock and Roll was R&B, first called Race Music, which was influenced by jump blues, what many people today call swing music.

Lionel Hampton, especially his 1942 hit Flying Home. The up-tempo had the signature backbeat that lives on in rock today.

The jump jazz influence was real popular on the West Coast and you can hear much of the roots of Surf music.