W.C. Handy

Dubbed "The Father of the Blues," this jazz/blues cornet player's importance to music is inestimable.

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1890s - 1940s

November 16, 1873 in Florence, AL

March 28, 1958 in New York, NY

Blues, Classical, Jazz

Early American Blues, Miscellaneous (Classical)

William Christopher Handy

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