William Christopher Handy, known as “the father of the blues,” was the first person to notate and publish blues songs, and is recognized for integrating blues elements into ragtime, which was a ...
Hear five versions of the popular W.C. Handy song, performed by five of America's top jazz artists. W.C. Handy, known as the "Father of the Blues," didn't exactly invent the blues, as his nickname ...
From NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier: "For some years now I've been thinking about the blues, that most American of musical genres. The idea took shape when Elliott Hurwitt, one of our country's ...
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