Jay Clifford

Jump, Little Children
Left to right: Jay Clifford, Ward Williams, Evan Bivins, Jonathan Gray, Matthew Bivins.
Background information
Origin	Winston-Salem, NC Charleston, SC
Genres	Indie rock Baroque pop
Years active	1991–2005, 2015-
Labels	Breaking Records/ Atlantic Records EZ Chief Records Brash Music
Website	JumpLittleChildren.com

Jump, Little Children is a band that formed in 1991 in the city of Winston-Salem, NC. Known for its unique sound, energetic live performances, and willingness to interact with fans, the band has a devoted following and is a fixture in the Charleston, SC music scene. The name "Jump, Little Children" is taken from a song written by blues musician Leroy Dallas, and covered by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

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Jay Clifford, Matthew Bivins, Ward Williams, and Christopher Pollen met and formed Jump, Little Children at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC in 1991. The band played its first show on January 1, 1992 as part of a New Year's Day festival in downtown Winston-Salem.

The group was performing Irish music, and Clifford, Bivins, and Pollen traveled to Ireland to learn their craft firsthand during the winter of 1992. Upon their return, Evan Bivins left the School of the Arts to join the band, and the quartet decided to move to Boston, MA. As they worked to finance the move, the band spent the summer of 1993 in Charleston, SC, where they met future member Jonathan Gray. After arriving in Boston in late 1993, Jump, Little Children recorded and released a self-titled cassette featuring original songs and traditional Irish works. Pollen then left the group to join a religious community, and Clifford and the Bivins brothers returned to Charleston in the summer of 1994.