This is a blue vinyl LP pressing of Plays W.C. Handy by Louis Armstrong. W.C. Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. credited with giving the blues its contemporary form. While Handy was not the first to publish music in the genre, he transformed the blues from a regional style into a dominant national force. Louis Armstrong's tribute to Handy's songbook was recorded in 1954 while the composer was still alive. Interestingly, Armstrong had not previously recorded most of the songs on this set—a session that would eventually become a definitive jazz classic

Label: 20th Century Masterworks

Release Year: 2025

Track List: 

1. St. Louis Blues
2. Yellow Dog Blues
3. Loveless Love
4. Aunt Hagar's Blues
5. Long Gone (From the Bowlin' Green)
6. The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump)
7. Beale Street Blues
8. Ole Miss Blues
9. Chantez Les Bas (Sing 'Em Low)
10. Hesitating Blues
11. Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor)