This film has received a lot of kudos and I can understand why: it’s an excellent piece of filmmaking. There are no energy let-downs throughout
Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues (Ma Rainey / Thomas A. Dorsey) 6-1928 Chicago, Illinois Paramount 12687-A Deep Moaning Blues (Ma
Lovie Austin and her Blues Serenaders accompanied dozens of Blues singers in the 1920s, but none as famous as the “Mother of the Blues”, Ma Rainey. Tommy Ladnier contributes
Paramount advertised this beautiful record as a new, sensational and different souvenir record claiming it was first record to feature a picture of artist on
Ma Rainey and Papa Charlie Jackson teamed up for this record in 1928. Title Recording Date Recording Location Company Big Feeling Blues (Ma Rainey / Davis) 10-1928 Chicago, Illinois
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
Gertrude Pridgett was born into a showbiz family that performed in minstrel shows. She first appeared onstage in 1900, singing and dancing in minstrel and
