Ma Rainey, Fats Waller and the Jazzy, Bluesy, Showy Roar of the Roaring ’20s

“For Rainey, it was blues, blues, and nothing but the blues, done in a frank, guttural fashion, that reflected her roughshod Georgian roots and the stagey sophistication of the New York clubs where she televised the revolution of the Harlem Renaissance.”  |  Read More at Jazz Times