Conversation so far:
What was significant about Louis Jordan's early life?
his father, James Aaron Jordan, was a music teacher and bandleader for the Brinkley Brass Band and for the Rabbit Foot Minstrels.
Was he musical as a child?
Jordan studied music under his father, starting out on the clarinet.
Does he credit any early influences?
Ella Fitzgerald.

Question: When did he start his musical career?
Self-contained rewrite: When did Louis Jordan start his musical career?