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„Booze And Blues" (M. Rainey) Recorded: New York , October 15 1924 'Ma' Rainey And Her Georgia Band Ma Rainey (vcl), Howard Scott (cn), Charlie Green (tb), Don Redman (c), Fletcher Henderson (p), Kaiser Marshall (d)...

Roots of Blues -- Ma Rainey „Rough And Tumble Blues" (02:52)

„Rough And Tumble Blues" (M. Rainey) Recorded: Chicago , July, 1925 'Ma' Rainey And Her Georgia Band Ma Rainey (vcl), Robert Taylor (cn), George „Hooks" Tifford (cl) (as), Thomas A. Dorsey (p), George Williams...

Deep Moaning Blues (Ma Rainey, 1928) Jazz Legend (02:42)

Deep Moaning Blues (1928) MA RAINEY acc. by The Tub Jug Washboard Band (Georgia Tom Dorsey, piano) (Martell Pettiford, banjo) (Herman Brown, tub dm) (Carl Reid, jazzhorn, jug)

MA RAINEY - See See Rider Blues - 1925 (03:31)

Here is a 1941 'United Hot Club of America' reissue of Ma Rainey and her Georgia Jazz Band performing See See Rider Blues, originally recorded in October, 1925. Enjoy!

Roots of Blues -- Ma Rainey „Shave 'Em Dry Blues" (02:43)

Recorded: Chicago, August 1924 Guitar Duet, Possibly Milas Pruit and another. Sorry 'bout the quality, but . . . its over 80 years old, and I am happy to bring it that far Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better...

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Ma Rainey Biography

Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (September, 1882 or April 26, 1886 - December 22, 1939), was one of the earliest known American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record. She was billed as The Mother of the Blues. She did much to develop and popularize the form and was an important influence on younger blues women, such as Bessie Smith, and their careers.

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