- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey
- Date of Original:
- 1923
- Subject:
- Musicians--United States
African American musicians
Women musicians--United States
African American women musicians
Singers--United States
Women singers--United States
African American singers
African American women singers
Blues (Music)
African Americans--Music
Blues musicians--United States
Drum--United States
Drummers--United States
Trombone--United States
Trombonists--United States
Trumpet--United States
Trumpeters--United States
Piano--United States
Pianists--United States
Saxophone--United States
Saxophonists--United States
Men--United States
Women--United States
African American men
African American women
Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939
Wynn, Albert, 1907-1973
Nelson, Dave, 1905-1946
Pollack, Ed
Dorsey, Thomas Andrew - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (center) made an incredible impression before she even began singing, with her thick straightened hair sticking out all over, her huge teeth capped in gold, an ostrich plume in her hand, and a long triple necklace of shining gold coins sparkling against her sequined dress.
Photograph of blues singer Ma Rainey with her band. From left to right: Ed Pollack, Albert Wynn, Thomas A. Dorsey, Ma Rainey, Dave Nelson, and Gabriel Washington in 1923. The six musicians stand against a cloth backdrop.
Styled as the "Mother of the Blues," Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as "Ma" Rainey, was one of the most important of the early blues singers. In her thirty-five years of touring and recordings she made with Paramount, the Georgia native did much to establish the "classic" blues in American musical life. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gertrude-ma-rainey-1886-1939/m-1866/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Rainey#/media/File:Ma_Rainey,_1923.jpg
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Image from Wikimedia - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gertrude-ma-rainey-1886-1939
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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