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Ma Rainey injected music with controversy By Melissa Ruggieri, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published: March 4, 2021, 6:02am Share: Ma Rainey with the Georgia Jazz Band in Chicago in 1923. (Album/Zuma Press) In the Netflix drama that spotlights a Chicago recording session, Ma Rainey argues with a cop about a fender bender. “You going to let me tell the story?” he asks her, exasperated. Rainey, as portrayed by Viola Davis, responds with a steely eyed stare. “Well, if you gonna tell it, tell it right,” she says. We’ll try to honor Rainey’s legacy and tell her story right. The Columbus, Ga., native born Gertrude Pridgett, is known as the “Mother of the Blues.” But the most celebrated modern recognition of her singing career, rooted in the 1920s, was generated by August Wilson in his 1982 play, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” named for her song of the same name (which refers to the “black bottom” dan ....
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Who Is Ma Rainey? How the Mother of the Blues Became an Icon Author: Latifah Muhammad Updated: 9:00 AM MST December 18, 2020 Ma Rainey’s title as the “mother of the blues” is an ode to her unremitted genius in transforming the genre despite a relatively short recording career. Now streaming on Netflix, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis as the brazen blues legend and Chadwick Boseman in his final film role, has brought new attention to Rainey’s mystifying story. Adapted from August Wilson’s Broadway play of the same name, the film explores an intense 1927 Chicago recording session between Rainey and her band members, with Davis delivering an unapologetic portrayal of the singer. ....