Ma Rainey - Blame It on the Blues (2019)

01. Blame It on the Blues
02. Prove It on Me Blues
03. Black Bottom
04. Leaving This Morning
05. Black Eye Blues
06. See See Rider Blues
07. Hustlin' Blues
08. So Soon This Morning
09. Moonshine Blues
10. Bo Weavil Blues
11. No Easy Rider Blues
12. Big Boy Blues
13. Misery Blues
14. Travelling Blues
15. Blues Oh Blues
16. Down in the Basement
17. Toad Frog Blues
18. Stack O'lee Blues
19. Wringing and Twisting Blues
20. Yonder Comes the Blues
21. Shave 'Em Dry
22. Jealousy Blues
23. Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues
24. Ma Rainey's Mystery Blues
25. Barrel House Blues
26. Hellish Rag
27. Georgia Cake Walk

Buster Bailey 	Clarinet
Shirley Clay 	Cornet
Charlie Dixon 	Banjo
Charlie Green 	Trombone
Coleman Hawkins 	Sax (Bass)
Fletcher Henderson 	Piano
Ma Rainey 	Primary Artist, Vocals
Ike Rodgers 	Trombone
Joe "Fox" Smith 	Cornet
Tampa Red 	Kazoo, Piano 

Recorded in New York 1926 and Chicago 1927 & 1928. 

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 vaudeville stage revues. In 1902 she married the song and dance man William "Pa" Rainey and from then on became known as Ma Rainey. The couple formed a song and dance act that included Blues and popular songs. They toured the country, but primarily the South and became a popular attraction as part of Tolliver's Circus, The Musical Extravaganza and The Rabbit Foot Minstrels, where Rainey befriended a young Bessie Smith. In the 1920s Rainey was a solo star of the T.O.B.A. vaudeville circuit. It was not until 1923 that Ma Rainey signed a recording contract with Paramount. She was billed as the "Mother of the Blues", which wasn't far off the mark. Few historians can point to any real Blues singers before Ma Rainey. She ended up recording 100 songs between 1923 and 1928 on Paramount Records. During that time she was accompanied by many noted jazz musicians such as, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Ladnier, Fletcher Henderson and Coleman Hawkins. She continued working until 1935 and retired to Columbus, Georgia. Ma had been smart with her money and managed to build and operate two theaters; she also owned her own home in Columbus. Ma Rainey died in 1939, of a heart attack. ---redhotjazz.com

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