My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More

Alberta Hunter · 1980 · Standard grivois du blues de cabaret

Context

Fourth track of the album Amtrak Blues (Columbia, 1980), recorded by Alberta Hunter when she was over eighty. She sings with a small ensemble led by Gerald Cook, with Doc Cheatham on trumpet.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Classic blues (women singers), Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Classic blues: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• Amtrak Blues (1980)
• I've Got a Mind to Ramble (1980)
• The Darktown Strutters' Ball (1980)
• Cake Walking Babies (From Home) (1924)

Sources

• EN: Amtrak Blues

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