W. C. Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians who played the distinctively American form of music known as the blues, he is credited with giving it its contemporary form. While Handy was not the first to publish music in the blues form, he took the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to one of the dominant national forces in American music. Louis Armstrong's tribute LP to W. C. Handy's music was made in 1954, when the composer was still alive. Louis hadn't previously recorded most of the songs on the album, which became a true classic.

180-GRAM COLORED BLUE VINYL - THE COMPLETE ALBUM - Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris' prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE. LIMITED EDITION

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