Jim Hession /Aunt Hagar’s Blues/ WC Handy

www.artistopia.com One of WC Handy,s all time classics featured in the 1950′s movie “St. Louis Blues”. Nat King Cole played the composer, WC Handy. This blues (circa 1921) was sung by Pearl Bailey in the movie. The sheet music that you see at the opening of this video shows the young WC Handy (center photo) and his band in ’21. In 1994 Jim recorded this blues for Pianomania music on Yamaha Disklavier. It was then procured by “Front Porch Music Rolls” and issued on standard piano roll format.

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