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W.C. Handy134 - W.C. Handy (William Christopher Handy, 1873–1958) is a composer and musician nicknamed the “father of the blues,” one of the most influential American songwriters of the 20th century. , “The father of blues”, recounting in the 1920s how he developed his characteristic style, he recalled: “I was always fascinated by the artless form of expression, certain songs and idioms of my people, but when I heard a group of people from a small Mississippi town three people without any musical education who played a strange melody that had no end and saw white dancers dancing under it, I saw here not only aesthetic value, but also commercial opportunities ”- Osgood, So This Is Jazz.