In 1893, cornetist W.C. Handy, broke and hungry in St. Louis, had reached a low point in his life. When he encountered “a woman whose pain seemed even greater” than his, he heard her mutter, “Ma man’s ...

Hear five versions of the popular W.C. Handy song, performed by five of America's top jazz artists. W.C. Handy, known as the "Father of the Blues," didn't exactly invent the blues, as his nickname ...

From NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier: "For some years now I've been thinking about the blues, that most American of musical genres. The idea took shape when Elliott Hurwitt, one of our country's ...

The program will include songs by Hoagy Carmichael ("Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind"), W.C. Handy ("Harlem Blues") and Harry Revel and Noble Sissle ("Guiding Me Back Home") as well as classical music ...