St. Louis Blues (The Mills Brothers)

The Mills Brothers · 1932 · Le standard de W. C. Handy en version vocale

Context

Cut for Brunswick on April 14, 1932. The quartet takes on W. C. Handy's blues, already recorded by Bessie Smith, with its instrumental imitations.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Rockin' Chair (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• Good-bye Blues (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• I Can't Give You Anything but Love (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• Tiger Rag (The Mills Brothers) (1931)
• Nobody's Sweetheart (The Mills Brothers) (1931)
• You Rascal, You (The Mills Brothers) (1931)

Sources

• adp.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: Mills Brothers discography

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