"Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra, a group of black American artists appearing in Britain, had already recorded a version including the lyrics in September 1917. The film ""St. Louis Blues"", from 1929, featured Bessie Smith singing the song. Saint Louis Blues (song) ""Saint Louis Blues"" is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914. It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire. Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, and the"
"Lou Marini Louis Marini Jr. (born May 13, 1945), known as ""Blue Lou"" Marini, is an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work in jazz, rock, blues, and soul music, as well as his association with The Blues Brothers. Marini was born in Charleston. His parents were Italian immigrants from the region of Trentino. He graduated from Fairless High School in Navarre, Ohio. His father, Lou Marini Sr., was the high school's band director and wrote the school song. Fairless bestows the annual Lou Marini Award in honor of Marini Sr. who died in May"
"Bob Dylan Blues ""Bob Dylan Blues"" is a song written in 1965 by Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd. Recorded during sessions for ""Barrett"", it was unreleased until it turned up in 2001 and was released on """". The song was supposedly written by Barrett after attending a concert in 1964. It's one of Barrett's very earliest songs written before he even had a publishing deal. This song, along with ""Terrapin"" and ""Maisie"", reflected Barrett's early interest in the blues. The song was recorded on February 26, 1970, and was since largely forgotten about until David Gilmour unearthed the"
"Señor Blues (song) ""Señor Blues"" is a composition by Horace Silver. The original version, by Silver's quintet, was recorded on November 10, 1956. It has become a jazz standard. Silver later wrote lyrics, which were first recorded by Silver's band with Bill Henderson in 1958. ""'Señor Blues' is a 12/8 Latin piece with a dark, exotic flavor that recalls no other jazz composer as much as Duke Ellington. The first two chords are E minor and B7, resembling (whether consciously intended or not) one of Ellington's favorite harmonic gestures."" The piece was first recorded on November 10, 1956, by the"
"Lewis Redner Lewis Henry Redner (December 15, 1831, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – August 29, 1908, Hotel Marlborough, Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American musician, best known as the composer of the popular Christmas carol ""St. Louis"", better known as ""O Little Town of Bethlehem"". Redner worked in the real-estate business in Philadelphia, and played the organ at four different churches during his life. He spent 19 years as organist at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. While there, he set Pastor Phillips Brooks's poem of his recollection of a pilgrimage to Bethlehem to music on Christmas Eve, 1868, and"
"The Bourgeois Blues ""The Bourgeois Blues"" is a blues song by American folk and blues musician Lead Belly. It was written in June 1937 in response to the discrimination and segregation that Lead Belly faced during a visit to Washington, DC to record for Alan Lomax. It rails against racism, the Jim Crow laws, and the conditions of contemporary African Americans in the southern United States. The song was recorded in December 1938 for the Library of Congress and re-recorded in 1939 for commercial release. It has been covered by a number of artists including Pete Seeger, Ry Cooder, Hans"
"was interred at the Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY. ""The Garden of the Blues"" Shirley Horn sings Curtis Lewis, Steeple Chase Records Curtis Reginald Lewis Curtis Reginald Lewis (August 29, 1918 in Fort Worth, Texas – May 23, 1969 in Kew Gardens, New York), American composer of popular songs, many of which have become jazz standards. He grew up in Chicago and came to New York City in the 1940s. Lewis subsequently became one of the first black composers and lyricists to own a music publishing company on Broadway in the early 1950s. Having served in the United States"
"a popular and prolific composer, and billed himself as the ""Father of the Blues""; however, his compositions can be described as a fusion of blues with ragtime and jazz, a merger facilitated using the Cuban habanera rhythm that had long been a part of ragtime; Handy's signature work was the ""Saint Louis Blues"". In the 1920s, the blues became a major element of African American and American popular music, reaching white audiences via Handy's arrangements and the classic female blues performers. The blues evolved from informal performances in bars to entertainment in theaters. Blues performances were organized by the Theater"
"Meade Lux Lewis Anderson Meade Lewis (September 4, 1905 – June 7, 1964), known as Meade Lux Lewis, was an American pianist and composer, noted for his playing in the boogie-woogie style. His best-known work, ""Honky Tonk Train Blues"", has been recorded by many artists. Lewis was born in Chicago, though some sources state Louisville, Kentucky, on September 4, 1905 (September 3 and 13 have also been cited as his date of birth in various sources). In his youth he was influenced by the pianist Jimmy Yancey. His father, a guitarist who made two recordings of his own, introduced Meade"
"Potato Head Blues ""Potato Head Blues"" is a Louis Armstrong composition regarded as one of his finest recordings. It was made by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven for Okeh Records in Chicago, Illinois on May 10, 1927. It was recorded during a remarkably productive week in which Armstrong's usual Hot Five was temporarily expanded to seven players by the addition of tuba and drums; over five sessions the group recorded twelve sides. Not strictly speaking a ""blues,"" the chord structure is a 32-bar form in the same neighborhood as ""(Back Home Again in) Indiana."" The recording features notable clarinet"
"Wang Wang Blues ""Wang Wang Blues"" is a 1920 jazz composition written by Henry Busse, Gussie Mueller, and Theron E. ""Buster"" Johnson, with lyrics by Leo Wood. The song was released as a 78 single by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra featuring Henry Busse on trumpet. The song is a pop and jazz standard. Paul Whiteman recorded the song on August 9, 1920, in Camden, New Jersey. The song was released in December 1920 as a Victor 78 single, 18694-B.Ferde Grofe arranged the song. Paul Whiteman recorded and released the song three additional times. The Paul Whiteman recording was no."
"and ""Porgy and Bess"". Citations George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career"
"often having 8- or 16-bar bridges between 12-bar verses. W. C. Handy William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a composer and musician, known as the Father of the Blues. An African American, Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musicians who played the distinctively American blues music, Handy did not create the blues genre and was not the first to publish music in the blues form, but he took the blues from a regional music style (Delta blues) with a limited audience to a new level of"
"Zappa With others Lou Marini Louis Marini Jr. (born May 13, 1945), known as ""Blue Lou"" Marini, is an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work in jazz, rock, blues, and soul music, as well as his association with The Blues Brothers. Marini was born in Charleston. His parents were Italian immigrants from the region of Trentino. He graduated from Fairless High School in Navarre, Ohio. His father, Lou Marini Sr., was the high school's band director and wrote the school song. Fairless bestows the annual Lou Marini Award in honor of Marini Sr. who"
"tape in his personal collection. It was released in 2001 on the Barrett compilation """". Bob Dylan Blues ""Bob Dylan Blues"" is a song written in 1965 by Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd. Recorded during sessions for ""Barrett"", it was unreleased until it turned up in 2001 and was released on """". The song was supposedly written by Barrett after attending a concert in 1964. It's one of Barrett's very earliest songs written before he even had a publishing deal. This song, along with ""Terrapin"" and ""Maisie"", reflected Barrett's early interest in the blues. The song was recorded"
"St. James Infirmary Blues St. James Infirmary Blues is an American jazz song of uncertain origin. Louis Armstrong made the song famous in his 1928 recording on which Don Redman was credited as composer; later releases gave the name Joe Primrose, a pseudonym of Irving Mills. The melody is 8 bars long, unlike songs in the classic blues genre, where there are 12 bars. It is in a minor key, and has a 4/4 time signature. ""St. James Infirmary Blues"", sometimes known as ""Gambler's Blues"", is often regarded as an American folk song of anonymous origin. Moore and Baxter published"
"deposited in the Library of Congress. Herbie Nichols Herbert Horatio Nichols (3 January 1919 – 12 April 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the jazz standard ""Lady Sings the Blues"". Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics. He was born in San Juan Hill, Manhattan in New York City, to parents from St. Kitts and Trinidad, and grew up in Harlem. During much of his life he took work as a Dixieland musician while working on the more adventurous kind of jazz he preferred. He is best known today"
"honky-tonk piano players, wanderers and others of the underprivileged but undaunted class from Missouri to the Gulf, and had become a common medium through which any such individual might express his personal feeling in a sort of musical soliloquy."" He noted, ""In the folk blues the singer fills up occasional gaps with words like 'Oh, lawdy' or 'Oh, baby' and the like. This meant that in writing a melody to be sung in the blues manner one would have to provide gaps or waits."" Writing about the first time ""Saint Louis Blues"" was played, in 1914, Handy said, The one-step"
"Taj Mahal (musician) Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments. He often incorporates elements of world music into his works and has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his almost 50-year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, and the South Pacific. Born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Jr. on May 17, 1942, in Harlem,"
"the carol was first sung the next day. Redner was very involved with local charities. He served on the first board of Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter and soup kitchen, in 1878. Redner never married. He was buried at The Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia. Lewis Redner Lewis Henry Redner (December 15, 1831, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – August 29, 1908, Hotel Marlborough, Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American musician, best known as the composer of the popular Christmas carol ""St. Louis"", better known as ""O Little Town of Bethlehem"". Redner worked in the real-estate business in Philadelphia, and played"
"Royal Garden Blues ""Royal Garden Blues"" is a blues song composed by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams in 1919. Popularized in jazz by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, it has since been recorded by numerous artists and has become a jazz standard. The song is considered one of the first popular songs based on a riff. Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams (no relation) collaborated on two other songs as well: ""I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None o’ This Jelly Roll"" and ""Yama Yama Blues."" It is speculated that Spencer was the actual composer of the tunes, and that Clarence was"
"Herbie Nichols Herbert Horatio Nichols (3 January 1919 – 12 April 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the jazz standard ""Lady Sings the Blues"". Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics. He was born in San Juan Hill, Manhattan in New York City, to parents from St. Kitts and Trinidad, and grew up in Harlem. During much of his life he took work as a Dixieland musician while working on the more adventurous kind of jazz he preferred. He is best known today for these compositions, program music that"
"George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger but"
"Singin' the Blues (1920 song) ""Singin' the Blues"" is a 1920 jazz composition by J. Russel Robinson, Con Conrad, Sam M. Lewis, and Joe Young. It was recorded by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1920 as an instrumental and released as a Victor 78 as part of a medley with ""Margie"". The song was released with lyrics by vocalist Aileen Stanley in 1920 on Victor. In 1927, Frank Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, and Eddie Lang recorded and released the song as an Okeh 78. The Trumbauer recording is considered a jazz and pop standard, greatly contributing to Frank Trumbauer and"
"""The Blues in St. Louis"", released by Folkways Records. Her recording of ""Honey Dripper Blues"" was the inspiration for the nickname used by Roosevelt Sykes. In her later life, Johnson spent time undertaking social work in her hometown. She died in St. Louis in February 1988, at the age of 85. Four of her recordings are included in the boxed set """" (2001). Edith North Johnson Edith North Johnson (January 2, 1903 – February 28, 1988) was an American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter. Her most noted tracks are ""Honey Dripper Blues"", ""Can't Make Another Day"" and ""Eight"
"San Francisco Bay Blues ""San Francisco Bay Blues"" is an American folk song and is generally considered to be the most famous composition by Jesse Fuller. Fuller first recorded the song in 1954 (released 1955) for a small label called World Song. The song was brought into wider popularity in the early 1960s by club performances by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bob Dylan, and Jim Kweskin. Recorded covers have been performed by many artists including The Blues Band, Paul Jones, Jim Croce, The Weavers, Sammy Walker, The Brothers Four, Paul Clayton, Richie Havens, Eric Clapton, The Flatlanders, Paul McCartney, Hot Tuna,"
"Dippermouth Blues ""Dippermouth Blues"" is a song first recorded by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band for Gennett Records in April 1923 and for Okeh Records in June of that same year. It is most often attributed to Joe ""King"" Oliver, though some have argued that Louis Armstrong was in fact the composer. This is partly because ""Dippermouth"", in the song's title, was a nickname of Armstrong's. The song is a strong example of the influence of the blues on early jazz. There is a twelve-bar blues harmonic progression, with frequent bent notes and slides into notes. Armstrong plays second cornet"
"include those by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, George Lewis. Weary Blues ""Weary Blues"" is a 1915 tune by Artie Matthews. Despite the name, the form is a multi-strain ragtime rather than a conventional blues. (At the time it was published, many hot or raggy numbers were published with the word ""Blues"" in the title). It is often known by the alternative title ""Shake It and Break It,"" especially when played by New Orleans jazz bands. The first jazz recording of the number was made by Yellow Nunez with the Louisiana Five in 1919."
"Louis Durey Louis Edmond Durey (; 27 May 18883 July 1979) was a French composer. Louis Durey was born in Paris, the son of a local businessman. It was not until he was nineteen years old that he chose to pursue a musical career after hearing a performance of a Claude Debussy work. As a composer he was primarily self-taught. From the beginning, choral music was of great importance in Durey’s productivity. His ""L'Offrande Lyrique"" (1914) has been called the first piece of French twelve-tone music. The first of his works to gain recognition in the music world was for"
"Blues for Alice ""Blues for Alice"" is a 1951 jazz standard, composed by Charlie Parker. The standard is noted for its rapid bebop blues-style chord voicings and complex harmonic scheme which is a fine example of what is known as ""Bird Blues"". It is written in the key of F major and usually begins with an F major seventh or F sixth chord. Parker's first recording of the piece is from August 1951 for Verve Records. The lineup consisted of Parker, Red Rodney (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Ray Brown (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums). The composition is a modified twelve-bar"
"W. C. Handy William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a composer and musician, known as the Father of the Blues. An African American, Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musicians who played the distinctively American blues music, Handy did not create the blues genre and was not the first to publish music in the blues form, but he took the blues from a regional music style (Delta blues) with a limited audience to a new level of popularity. Handy was an educated musician who used elements"
"Blind Lemon Jefferson Lemon Henry ""Blind Lemon"" Jefferson (September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) was an American blues and gospel singer, songwriter, and musician. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the ""Father of the Texas Blues"". Jefferson's performances were distinctive because of his high-pitched voice and the originality of his guitar playing. His recordings sold well, but he was not a strong influence on younger blues singers of his generation, who could not imitate him as easily as they could other commercially successful artists. Later blues and rock and"
"Crazy Blues ""Crazy Blues"" is a song written by Perry Bradford. Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds recorded it on August 10, 1920, which was released that year by Okeh Records. The stride pianist Willie ""The Lion"" Smith appeared in photographs associated with the recording session, although Bradford claimed to have played piano on the recording (albeit buried in the mix). Within a month of release, it had sold 75,000 copies. Although there were many recordings made of songs with blues in the title during the previous decade, this recording is considered a landmark as the first blues record ever"