St. Louis Blues (Handy) - Storyville All Stars

Yvonne Robb of The Storyville All Stars sings St. Louis Blues LIVE from Discovery Point, Dundee.

"St. Louis Blues" is an American popular song composed by William Christopher Handy in the blues style. It remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire. It was also one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song; it has been performed by numerous musicians of all styles from Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith to Glenn Miller and the Boston Pops Orchestra. It has been called "the jazzman's Hamlet". Published in September 1914 by Handy's own company, it later gained such popularity that it inspired the dance step the "Foxtrot".
The version with Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong on cornet was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1993. The 1929 version by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (with Henry "Red" Allen) was inducted there in 2008.

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[broadwasia]

Ms. Yvonne....I am so impressed and inspired by your performance!! What an amazing set of pipes!!

When I grow up...I hope to sing as wonderfully as you do!

Thank you for this!

Humbly, Asia Craft

[TrabalRipoll]

Very nice atmosphere you created and beautifully played. Cheers, Juan