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W.C. Handy Top Songs
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• Fuzzy Wuzzy Rag - W.C. Handy
• Snakey Blues - W.C. Handy
• Sweet Child - W.C. Handy
• Hooking Cow Blues - W.C. Handy
• Livery Stable Blues - W.C. Handy
• St. Louis Blues - W.C. Handy
• Yellow Dog Blues - W.C. Handy
• Ole Miss Rag - W.C. Handy
• Moonlight Blues - W.C. Handy
• Muscle Shoals Blues - W.C. Handy
• Bunch O Blues - W.C. Handy
• The Old Town Pump - W.C. Handy
• That Jazz Dance - W.C. Handy
• She's A Mean Job Blues - W.C. Handy
• Gulf Coast Blues - W.C. Handy
• Farewell Blues - W.C. Handy
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W.C. Handy Discography
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• W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band - W.C. Handy
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W.C. Handy Sheet Music
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Ukulele Chord Dictionary
Written by Morton Manus. Reference book for ukulele. Series: Alfred Handy Guides. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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St. Louis Blues
By W.C. Handy. Piano Vocal (Arranged for piano and voice with guitar chords). 6 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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Handy Manual Fingering Charts for Instrumentalists
For Teachers, Directors, and Students, Fingering Charts for All Woodwind Adn Brass Instruments, Drum Rudiments, Transposition Charts, Instrument Ranges. By Clarence V. Hendrickson. For All Instruments. Baroque. Text. 96 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.
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Easy String Quartets - Volume 2
Arranged by Sheila Shandys-Wunsch. For String Quartet. Instrumental Ensemble - Strings. Score and Parts. Published by Latham Music Enterprises.
Level: Intermediate.
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St. Louis Blues
SATB. By W.C. Handy. Arranged by Kirby Shaw. (SATB). Choral. Book only. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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St. Louis Blues March - Score
By W C Handy; Robert Woods. For conductor score. Jazz. Published by Heritage Music Press. (60/1299H)
Level: Grade 2. By W C Handy; Robert Woods. For conductor score. Jazz. Published by Heritage Music Press. (60/1299H)
Level: Grade 2.
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St. Louis Blues
Early Intermediate Level. By W.C. Handy. Arranged by Frank Vincent. Willis. 4 pages. Published by Willis Music.
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St Louis Blues
By W.C. Handy. Easy Piano (Features easy piano arrangements). Published by Hal Leonard.
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The St. Louis Blues
By W.C. Handy. Edited by Edwin Mclean. For Piano. The FJH Piano Vocal Series. Vocal. Solo Sheet. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.
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Beale Street Blues
Score and Parts. By The Canadian Brass. Composed by W.C. Handy. Arranged by Luther Henderson. Brass quintet. Brass. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard Corporation.
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W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band |
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Solid introduction to W. C. Handy's work
The CD's notes begin by saying: "William Christopher Handy, `The Father of the Blues,' was born in Florence, Alabama on November 16, 1873." He began his musical career in earnest in 1893. One of his best known works, "St. Louis Blues," appeared in 1914; it is described as "one of the most recorded songs in history and has been hailed as the `National Anthem of the Blues.'" It seems to me that his music crosscuts ragtime, jazz, and blues.
The recording quality varies from poor to adequate. Many of the cuts are very scratchy but on a par with the technology of the time period. The various works were recorded between 1917 and 1923.
Some illustrations: "Moonlight Blue" is played at a more stately pace. There is an orchestra of 12 persons (plus Handy as Conductor and Coronet player). The resulting sound is distinctively Handy's. No vocals. There is some nice piano playing (apparently by Charles Hillman).
"St. Louis Blues"--the musicians are unknown (except for Handy). The tune begins with some bawdy brass and the song is taken at a quick pace. It is, in effect, most infectious. Overall, the playing is pretty crisp, although is sounded to me like things got a little loose toward the middle. Nonetheless, a lot of fun to listen to, scratchy sound and acoustic technology notwithstanding.
"Yellow Dog Blues" is another sprightly paced tune. After listening to a number of cuts, one can begin to pick up what might be called the W. C. Handy "sound."
Finally, "Muscle Shoal Blues." Again, an infectious tune, well played.
This represents a useful beginning to the work of W. C. Handy. This is the first CD I have ever heard of his work, so I can't say how it compared with any other recordings. But it seems, to me, like a very nice introduction to his body of work.
handy beginnings
I do a jazz radio show, as well as fill in on a blues/roots one here in Sydney. Not only is this a useful CD to have, it is musically interesting, falling between ragtime and jazz. Hearing the real thing from back in the day is lovely and there is not all that much(Archeophone Records is one place to go)out there. In part, because much never made it into an acoustic recording laboratory of the time [check out the books by Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff for more on that]. Truly "dinosaurs in the morning".
Peter B. Lowry
Ragtime to jazz
Magnificent performances that, to my ears, document the evolution of ragtime to jazz. "Fuzzy Wuzzy Rag" (a piece blatantly borrowed from "Maple Leaf Rag"!) may very well be an example of pre-Original-Dixieland-Jazz-Band jazz, albeit recorded after that group's first waxings. Delayed history, I'm guessing. If "Fuzzy Wuzzy" hasn't gotten its proper historical due, perhaps the title has something to do with it. (Couldn't the composer have called it "Omnivorous-Mammal Stomp," or something?) Seriously, "Fuzzy" is ragtime gone wild, lively and contrapuntal as can be. The Six Brown Brothers, cranked up. Paul Whiteman, wired. No improvisation within earshot, but much early jazz, after all, had precious little ad-libbing. First-rate musicianship, including a bowed double bass that apparently gave the 1917 recording horn fits. Columbia-label 78s from this period are no gift to modern pick-ups; in light of this, the restored sound is quite good. Handy's place in jazz history is due for reevaluation.
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