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威廉．克里斯多夫．汉迪 (William
Christopher Handy) 的曼菲斯蓝调 (Memphis
Blues) 出版了
1912年9月28日
汉迪于1873年出生在阿拉巴马州，当他到密西西比三角洲 (Mississippi
Delta) ，开始演奏短号与舞团搭配演出时，他查找真正的兴趣所在。一路上汉迪写下并收集他在1890年代所听到的蓝调歌曲。不过观众想要听的却是
当时活泼且受欢迎的散拍音乐(ragtime)舞曲曲调，所以汉迪当时也演奏那种音乐。当他在1909年搬到田纳西州的曼菲斯时，汉迪发现人们对音乐开始有无限的渴望。曼菲斯的居民十分热爱音乐，他们的市长克伦普 (E.
H. Crump) 于是聘请汉迪担任他竞选时的乐团领导人。
Born in Alabama in 1873, W.C. Handy found his true calling when he began playing cornet with dance bands traveling the Mississippi Delta. Along the road, Handy wrote down and collected blues songs he heard in the 1890s. Audiences, however, wanted to hear ragtime dance tunes, the lively and popular music of the day, so that's what he played. When he settled in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1909, Handy found a sophisticated population with a limitless appetite for music. Music was so popular in Memphis that an aspiring mayor, E.H. Crump, hired Handy as the bandleader for his campaign.
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CREDIT: Van Vechten, Carl, photographer. "Portrait of William Christopher Handy." July 17, 1941. Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964, Library of Congress.
AUDIO CREDIT: Harrison, W.S. "Jaybird," Sylvester "Texas Stavin' Chain" Jones, and Wallace "Stavin' Chain" Chains, performers. "Worry Blues." Recorded Ramsey State Farm, Otey, Texas, April 23, 1939. The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip, Library of Congress.
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