Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues

Earl Hines Orchestra · 1940

Context

Recorded in New York on February 13, 1940, for Bluebird (B-10674), this Earl Hines arrangement transposes W. C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues" into boogie-woogie for big band. The session includes Omer Simeon, Walter Fuller, and Alvin Burroughs, among others.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands, Boogie-woogie. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

Sources

• adp.library.ucsb.edu

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