W.C. Handy's Beale Street--Where The Blues Began

W.C. Handy's Beale Street--Where The Blues Began

W.C. Handy's Beale Street--Where The Blues Began
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Performer: W.C. Handy Preservation Band
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-01-02
Music Label: Inside Sounds
Soundtracks:
  1. The Memphis Blues
  2. Harlem Blues
  3. Aunt Hagar's Children Blues
  4. St. Louis Blues
  5. Yellow Dog Blues
  6. Friendless Blues
  7. Atlanta Blues
  8. The Basement Blues
  9. Joe Turner Blues
  10. Blue-Gummed Blues
  11. The Hesitating Blues
  12. Loveless Love
  13. John Henry Blues
  14. Wall Street Blues
  15. Sundown Blues
  16. Ole Miss
  17. Golden Brown Blues
  18. Chantez Les Bas (Sing'Em Low)
  19. The Jogo Blues
  20. Way Down South Where The Blues Began
  21. Beale Street Blues

Music reviews of W.C. Handy's Beale Street--Where The Blues Began

Music Review: Best of the Blues:
Rating: 4 Stars

What made me purchase this CD was from a movie I saw on Tv called "St. Louis Blues" starring Nat King Cole. 1944b/w.

It was of coarse the life story of W.C. Handy from Memphis Tennessee, who came from a strick religious background and developed the love for Jazz and the Blues. I watched this movie as I was trying to understand the nature of his dad who was a preacher in Memphis and wanted his son to follow in his footsteps to spread the word of the Lord.
But he didn't and went in another direction and his pursuit of Jazz.

Description of W.C. Handy's Beale Street--Where The Blues Began

Known as the "Father of the Blues," W.C. Handy was America's most successful African-American composer during the early 20th Century. His "Memphis Blues" and "St. Louis Blues" were among the most popular songs of the day and secured his place in music history. "St. Louis Blues" was the most recorded song in America between 1914 and 1928. While Handy only recorded a handful of his own compositions, this CD recreates Handy's Memphis Blues Band the way it sounded around 1920 and is the first comprehensive recording produced specifically as a tribute to one of America's most important composers. The instrumentation is identical to that of Handy's--trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, violin, banjo, piano and tuba. Recorded in Memphis (1999-2000) and produced by Carl Wolfe, the audio quality is pristine and captures the exuberance of the era. All 21 tracks are instrumentals. This CD is indispensable for any jazz or blues enthusiast.

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