Well tuned in to #radiocapish

Today's listening takes us straight to the dawn of the blues. More than creating the blues (whose roots, as is known, are lost in the centuries and in the routes of slaves between Africa and the New World), William Christopher Handy (1873 – 1958) is one of the first to have cleaned the blues from the mud and dust from which it arose, giving it a veneer of acceptability to those who really didn't want to see that mud and that lament. The classic we propose today is the version of Handy's pieces by Louis Armstrong, released in 1954 for Columbia.
Credits:
Bass – Arvell Shaw
Clarinet – Barney Bigard
Drums – Barrett Deems
Piano – Billy Kyle
Trombone – Trummy Young
Trumpet, Vocals – Louis Armstrong
Vocals – Velma Middleton

For more in-depth information, I recommend the great page by @[odradek] on Delta blues, from which Handy drew abundantly: Founder Of The Delta Blues 1929-34 - Charlie Patton - Recensione di odradek

Enjoy listening.

Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy ( Full Album )