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MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM ALBUM INFO

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom album cover Artist: Ma Rainey
Album: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' is the title of a song by Ma Rainey referring to the Black Bottom (dance)|Black Bottom dance, which has been taken as the name of a 1982 play; one of a ten-play cycle by August Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning United States|American playwright, that chronicles twentieth century African American experience. The play is set in Chicago in the 1920s, (the only play in the group not set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh, and deals with issues of race, art, religion and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white producers.

Plot
; Characters
* Ma Rainey
* Cutler, trombonist
* Dussie Mae
* Irvin, Ma's manager
* Levee, trumpeter
* Policeman
* Slow Drag, bassist
* Sturdyvant studio owner
* Sylvester, Ma's nephew
* Toledo, pianist

In a Chicago based recording studio, Ma Rainey's band players, Cutler, Toledo, Slow Drag, and Levee turn up to record a new album of her songs. As they wait for her to arrive they banter, tell stories, joke, philosophise and argue. As the play unfolds it becomes clear that the tension is between the young hot-headed trumpeter Levee who has dreams of having his own band and veteran players Cutler and Toledo.

By the time Ma Rainey does turn up in full regalia and entourage in tow the recording schedule is badly behind, throwing the white producers Sturdyvant

Track list:

  1. Oh Papa Blues
  2. Black Eye Blues (Take 1)
  3. "Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom
  4. Booze and Blues
  5. Blues Oh Blues
  6. Sleep Talking Blues (Take 1)
  7. Lucky Rock Blues
  8. Georgia Cake Walk
  9. Don't Fish in My Sea
  10. Stack O' Lee Blues
  11. Shave 'Em Dry Blues
  12. Yonder Come The Blues (Take 1)
  13. Screech Owl Blues
  14. Farewell Daddy Blues

Ma Rainey top 10 albums

  1. Ma Rainey Vol. 1 (1923-1924)
  2. Complete Recorded Works: 1928 Sessions
  3. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  4. Ma Rainey
  5. Black Bottom
  6. Hustlin' Blues
  7. Don'T Fish in My Sea
  8. Ma Rainey Vol. 3 (1925-1926)
  9. 1923-1928
  10. Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Ma Rainey
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