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Drama

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

By August Wilson

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Ma Rainey and her musicians gather to record in 1920s Chicago. While Ma insists on how the session will be run, the players rehearse, tell stories, and argue about the sound they want to make. Wilson puts the musicians’ knowledge beside the power of the people who control the recording equipment and the contracts.

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Edition and subjects

ISBN-13
9780452261136
Publisher
Plume
Edition date
1985
First published
1985
Art, Culture & Creative Expression Music, Musicians & the Arts Recording Theatre Harlem Renaissance Blues Adults

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