These sessions feature the great Ma Rainey accompanied by many of the best African-American jazz musicians of the 1920s. All of the New York sessions feature members of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, which in 1924 included Louis Armstrong. The Chicago sessions feature such greats as Johnny Dodds and Kid Ory, The sessions were released under the names of either Ma Rainey and her Georgia Jazz Band or as Ma Rainey and her Georgia Band.

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Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
Army Camp Harmony Blues (Ma Rainey / Hooks Tilford)	5-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12284-A
Bessemer Bound Blues (Thomas A. Dorsey)	12-1925	New York, New York	Paramount 12374-A
Big Boy Blues (Ma Rainey)	8-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12548
Blues Oh Blues (Ma Rainey)	8-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12566-A
Blues The World Forgot (Part 1)	12-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12647-A
Blues The World Forgot (Part 2)	12-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12647-B
Booze And Blues (Jay Guy Suddoth)	10-15-1924	New York, New York	Paramount 12242-A
Broken Hearted Blues (Ma Rainey)	3-1926	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12364-A
Broken Soul Blues (Tiny Parham)	6-1926	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12384-A
Cell Bound Blues (Ma Rainey)	10-16-1924	New York, New York	Paramount 12257-A
Chain Gang Blues (Thomas A. Dorsey / Palmer)	12-1925	New York, New York	Paramount 12338
Countin’ The Blues (Ma Rainey)	10-16-1924	New York, New York	Paramount 12238-A
Damper Down Blues (Ma Rainey)	8-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12548
Down In The Basement (Tiny Parham)	6-1926	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12395
Explaning The Blues (Thomas A. Dorsey)	5-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12284-B
Fore Day Hon’ry Scat (Ma Rainey / McOwens)	8-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12303-B
Georgia Cake Walk (K. Mills)	12-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12590-B
Gone Daddy Blues (Ma Rainey)	8-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12526-B
Goodbye Daddy Blues (Ma Rainey)	5-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12290-B
Jealous Hearted Blues (Lovie Austin)	10-15-1924	New York, New York	Paramount 12252-A
Jealously Blues (Glasco / Glasco)	3-1926	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12364-B
Jelly Bean Blues (Ma Rainey / Lena Arant)	10-16-1924	New York, New York	Paramount 12238-B
Lawd Send Me A Man Blues (Ma Rainey)	3-1924	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12227-B
Levee Camp Moan (Bert Houze)	8-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12295-B
Louisiana Hoo Doo Blues (Ma Rainey)	5-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12290-A
“Ma” Rainey’s Black Bottom (Ma Rainey)	12-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12590-A
Memphis Bound Blues (Thomas A. Dorsey)	8-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12311
Moonshine Blues (Ma Rainey)	12-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12603-A
New Bo-Weevil Blues (Lovie Austin)	12-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12603-B
Night Time Blues (Thomas A. Dorsey)	8-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12303-A
Oh My Babe Blues (Ma Rainey / Whitfield)	12-1925	New York, New York	Paramount 12332-B
Oh Papa Blues (Herbert / Russell)	8-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12566-B
Rough And Tumble Blues (Ma Rainey)	8-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12311
See See Rider Blues (Ma Rainey / Lena Arant)	10-15-1924	New York, New York	Paramount 12252-B
Seeking Blues (Lesilie McCallister)	3-1926	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12352-B
Sissy Blues (Ma Rainey)	6-1926	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12384-B
Slave To The Blues (Thomas A. Dorsey)	12-1925	New York, New York	Paramount 12332-A
Slow Driving Moan (Ma Rainey)	8-1927	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12526-A
South Bound Blues (Tom Delaney)	3-1924	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12227-A
Soon This Morning (Ma Rainey / Smith)	11-1926	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12438-A
Stack O’ Lee Blues (Jasper Taylor / Williams)	12-1925	New York, New York	Paramount 12357-A
Stormy Sea Blues (Ma Rainey / Thomas A. Dorsey)	8-1925	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12295-A
Titanic Man Blues (Ma Rainey / Williams)	12-1925	New York, New York	Paramount 12374-B
Toad Frog Blues (Jay Guy Suddoth)	10-15-1924	New York, New York	Paramount 12242-B
Weepin’ Woman Blues (Ma Rainey / Smith)	11-1926	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12455
Wringing And Twisting Blues (P.Carter)	12-1925	New York, New York	Paramount 12338
Ya-Da-Do (Lovie Austin)	3-1924	Chicago, Illinois	Paramount 12257-B
Yonder Comes The Blues (Ma Rainey)	12-1925	New York, New York	Paramount 12357-B

Artist	Instrument
Lovie Austin	Piano
Louis Armstrong	Cornet
Buster Bailey	Clarinet
Rip Bassett	Banjo
Barney Bigard	Clarinet
Happy Bolton	Drums, Chimes
Jimmy Blythe?	Piano
Lucian Brown	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Tom Brown	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Doc Cheatham	Soprano Saxophone
Shirley Clay	Cornet
Johnny Dodds	Clarinet
Charlie Dixon	Banjo
Charlie Green	Trombone
Coleman Hawkins	Bass Saxophone
Fletcher Henderson	Piano
Lil Henderson	Piano
Kid Henderson	Cornet
Hommer Hobson	Cornet
Kid Ory	Trombone
Tommy Ladnier	Cornet
Jimmy O’Bryant	Clarinet
Tiny Parham?	Piano
Ma Rainey	Vocals
Ben Thigpen	Drums
Hooks Tilford	Alto Saxophone
George Williams	Banjo
B.T. Wingfield	Cornet
Albert Wynn	Trombone
Bernie Young	Cornet
unknown	Percussion