Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-20 | Page 31 | He Wis Recognition

WINS RECOGNITION 1 Composer Called Caned F Fth Father th r of j Jazz I q Ia I- I a w k r t rn r r rI I V I V jr 11 T gW a I POLITICAL t. t CAMPAIGN 11 CAM S Th r d 1 S j w ii M S' S Sw w WC c HANDY he invented and had them too toe c dr I SL Si St St. Ld Louis uis' uis iS Blues s VIas rd on Spirituals iV t J i Songs f. f I B HORTENSE By-HORTENSE H SAUNDERS SAUNDERS N The Tho daddy Ja is coming back back If If Ir not to share shar in It has hns brought bough to at least to baskIn bask baskIn In theT thO reflected gIo glory of r the 5 Pf or his nI William c. c iI vented the thc hc blues a and he has h them had t too O Handy flandis Is a a- negro n o gi musician and composer For more years ears than h ho 3 W wants to remember r r tas' tas been him lIke a. a b sinner at t a a. camp m meeting etl g. g the tho whole w world responded to th the rhythmic blue tunes he ho wrote Wrote-i. Handy was broke broo io o. o While content rode OlO In ROlls ROlls-n Rolls Handy Hand almost blind was as s beIn being led leU along the sidewalks s sl of Jf New Kew Yo Even v nb nov Tin Pan an Alley Nley do s not pa pay much mind to the tho Ing year GeorgIa negro who wrote a a couple tf OC freak numbers th that t turned tu ed outto o outto bV t to 10 hits its B But l Jt it has hIlS b been en re recognized c as the ot Jazz music musI HANDY GIVEN A A. HAND After years o of ot on the tha subject of oC j Jazz and lU It and why the tho ne eW Encyclopedia has s some in 1 definite things to to- say ay arid and Handy g ts' ts th the c credit dIt His Memphis M n es the tho authoritative wo vork Jazz Blues Iu in were the conne con- con ne er the new n music and time and coon songs Handy lIi is coming coinIng back His e eye be been n r restored ana He andi-He hasa has a very dest pu publish publishing idLe ing b business In TI Tin I Pan P n An All Alley y His ln St SL Louis Loula Memphis Blues hH and Pities n Es still BlUt stand d out but as t or high marks of career but Is he-Is abl able to ork on ones J ew n now H He h hopes pes they'll go go over big Bl Blues cs is hi credited redItH th the thc f ever written ten Th Handy arranged for tor for stunt tora ora ei ele and nd It wa was wa's first called Il ter tei Crump Ci mp i 10 11 honor honorof of ot th ithe tb c candidate Il was was' an an ad and rand I today it it sells ells from froni San Sin Francisco anda Singapore to back v l' SCORES SCORES' At first first- there th l was only an or- or che for or r this this' pl piece c An Any pianist io o it could ouId g get t the the score only ono one way way Y by Y s ng to Handy lI nd Ho woul would l Jot it III itt It t im m In on n na a a pad t Jl s and spaces lieal ways carried IlI was a aye a year r b before be be- be tore fore It Jt occurred to anyone to print d music and sell over It a o Ha Handy dy foU wed TIle The Memphis Blues as this was caned called when It was waS waS' vis published with Tl o. o St. St Louis Louis' Blues lu s. it was i v nt D vo popular pou- pou 1 i lar larand r and has hu been over ever since Last tast year copies pf-lt pf were sold Handy the bf-the ul I ues s how ho hopes Ulba D. D worthY oft offspring 4 The Thor son and th the grandson ori of of ot Methodist ministers In In I FJ Florence Ga On Handy was wits brought up upon on spir nd 6 songs songs' Ho He learned to ready read re d music and anil itO to sing Jn In the local schools he taugh to play ilay th the piano cornet t saxophone ll and other and blind band Instruments and and hc he mastered the principles lot harmony of nd c composition n r from books R Rag Hag g DIme JIme was being beng developed then I IE E INa T E r Rag ilag Rag time and coon Monga he explained pl were were secular merely merely secular adaptations of ot the thea old spirituals l' l syncopated und speeded ded up They y were r l hang Iong ng on rhythm m and on melody elod I no Interest I but music and hel played the country as a and t In 1922 WU ne in dl- dl re Un thew most popular negro band bin thi of ot Memphis were first to recognize his hIs' ability at and l to tok support him hIn He JIe played lay d the caused nationwide nation nation- and arid their novelty wide VIdo interest The Tha BrItt n i blues and jazz as a a a. thre three three-lino three lIno In common an and 1 ct the first and 1 last st sf s syllable ble o ora lin a. a aa and l loot next there o occurs curs curs' a through which tho the voi voice Is silent filled filled- dM n with improvised ls j figures oa theIn thoin- ls frequent flatting of t the be 5 and third notes notes' in a 3 ascale ascale scale ealo to suggest lur In the Uie un un untrained trained yoke voice of or tho the nc negro HANbYs kANDY DYS DY'S i H HEFE HERES ERES H I DEFINITION ra d r n jazz ll r ly J Jazz besan Jazz bean when orchestras aa stopped stopp stop stop- p pelt ped pJ J as Ib It w. w was writ ten I and set s st t eY tt s i co competing et WiL with i the ot other er In thc these e I I Improvised figures H It It but when blues and J Were t 1111 crest of iop- iop p ul rIf h he was s' s his Ws mot most dl c ui days ys' Others were we're mang f f tunes i but h he through gh b business complications and and- nd bad Almost down and nd out V I J 4 Af few years years' ago ago- o wh when n HL Handy IdY y ind broko nd almost cert w was d' d t Car Car- negie HalI U It was w viLs not a a. success success' ce 3 b but perhaps the Y ry p. p th 8 of ot that thit occasion directed as much J 1 h t t comper iFor F Oi r come or bt health heal th and fortune started starLe d t then DOESN T. T MIND REBUFFS r r. r philosophic A-philosophic A sophI soul he ho with He Is sure aure h ie he Is' Is going i to t p pull through His daugh i are In b bus bus- sJ- sJ hun and now his rapidly al t.- t. In O e rs I Hany has nas written n SO omd 24 f 4 blues lilue songs and arranged many many spirituals but hut hI his his' first two compositions are r the theone lones on which h his lIs popularity rests rests' ts' ts He l i rIg Ms ow own compositions th the the words words- word and arid and music He the cla s sand and and- but It Itis is stIll hIs ambition to to ize the old g dIes of the neGro race race t They eY linay Ji not bei profitable Je J but t h J loves ves vest t them e 1