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view Jazz [sound recording] : vol. 2: the blues / edited by Frederic Ramsey, Jr digital asset number 1

Jazz [sound recording] : vol. 2: the blues / edited by Frederic Ramsey, Jr

Commentator:
Ramsey, Frederic 1915-1995  Search this
Performer:
Johnson, Blind Willie  Search this
Hall, Vera 1906-1964  Search this
Jefferson, Blind Lemon 1897-1929  Search this
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Oliver, King 1885-1938  Search this
Perkins, Gertrude  Search this
Yancey, Jimmy 1894?-1951  Search this
Morton, Jelly Roll d. 1941  Search this
Dodds, Johnny 1892-1940  Search this
Dodds, Baby 1898-1959  Search this
Welsh, Nolan  Search this
Armstrong, Louis 1900-1971  Search this
Jones, Richard M  Search this
Smith, Bessie 1894-1937  Search this
Grainger, Porter  Search this
Conaway, Lincoln  Search this
Georgia Jazz Band  Search this
Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra  Search this
Hot Five  Search this
Album cover design:
Clyne, Ronald 1925-2006  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Americans  Search this
Type:
Phonograph records
Place:
United States
New York
Date:
1950
1920-1950
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Spirituals (Songs)  Search this
Jazz  Search this
Local number:
Folkways 2802
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access
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Folkways Records Collection 1948-1986
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_231808
view Jazz. Vol. 11 [sound recording] : addenda / edited by Frederic Ramsey, Jr digital asset number 1

Jazz. Vol. 11 [sound recording] : addenda / edited by Frederic Ramsey, Jr

Commentator:
Ramsey, Frederic 1915-1995  Search this
Performer:
Ory, Kid 1886-1973  Search this
Bertrand, Jimmy  Search this
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Waller, Fats 1904-1943  Search this
Condon, Eddie 1905-1973  Search this
Morton, Jelly Roll d. 1941  Search this
Joplin, Scott 1868-1917  Search this
Berigan, Bunny 1908-1942  Search this
Ladnier, Tommy  Search this
Gillespie, Dizzy 1917-1993  Search this
Ma Rainey's Tub-Jug Washboard Band  Search this
Kid Ory's Sunshine Orchestra  Search this
Sam Morgan's Jazz Band  Search this
Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards  Search this
Fats Waller and His Rhythm  Search this
Eddie Condon Orchestra  Search this
Red Hot Peppers (Musical group)  Search this
New Orleans Feetwarmers (Musical group)  Search this
McKinney's Cotton Pickers  Search this
Bunny Berigan and His Blue Boys  Search this
Tommy Ladnier Orchestra  Search this
Frankie Newton Orchestra  Search this
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet  Search this
Album cover design:
Clyne, Ronald 1925-2006  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Americans  Search this
Type:
Phonograph records
Place:
United States
New York
Date:
1953
1920-1950
Topic:
Jazz  Search this
Blues (Music)  Search this
Ragtime music  Search this
Local number:
Folkways 2811
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access
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Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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edanmdm:siris_arc_231817
view Jazz. Vol. 4 [sound recording] : jazz singers / edited by Frederic Ramsey, Jr digital asset number 1

Jazz. Vol. 4 [sound recording] : jazz singers / edited by Frederic Ramsey, Jr

Commentator:
Ramsey, Frederic 1915-1995  Search this
Performer:
Armstrong, Louis 1900-1971  Search this
Thomas, George  Search this
Johnson, James P (James Price) 1894-1955  Search this
Rushing, Jimmy  Search this
Calloway, Cab 1907-  Search this
Crosby, Bing 1904-1977  Search this
Anderson, Ivie  Search this
Fitzgerald, Ella  Search this
O'Connell, Helen  Search this
Watson, Leo  Search this
Gillespie, Dizzy 1917-1993  Search this
Hagood, Ken  Search this
Holiday, Billie 1915-1959  Search this
Waller, Fats 1904-1943  Search this
Carlisle, Una Mae 1915-1956  Search this
Smith, Bessie 1894-1937  Search this
Grainger, Porter  Search this
Conaway, Lincoln  Search this
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Lofton, Cripple Clarence 1887-1957  Search this
Hill, Bertha Chippie  Search this
Jones, Richard M  Search this
Dupree, Champion Jack -1992  Search this
Terry, Sonny  Search this
McGhee, Brownie 1915-1996  Search this
Red, Oh  Search this
Morton, Jelly Roll d. 1941  Search this
Baby Cox  Search this
Duke Ellington Orchestra  Search this
McKinney's Cotton Pickers  Search this
Count Basie Orchestra  Search this
Cab Calloway Orchestra  Search this
Paul Whiteman Orchestra  Search this
Fitzgerald and her Savoy Eight  Search this
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra  Search this
Vic Dickenson Quintet  Search this
Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra  Search this
Teddy Wilson Orchestra  Search this
Fats Waller and His Rhythm  Search this
Dallas Jug Band  Search this
Morton and his Red Hot Peppers  Search this
Album cover design:
Clyne, Ronald 1925-2006  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
Culture:
African American  Search this
Americans  Search this
Anglo-American  Search this
Type:
Phonograph records
Place:
United States
New York
Date:
1951
1920-1950
Topic:
Jazz  Search this
Blues (Music)  Search this
Jug band music  Search this
Skiffle  Search this
Local number:
Folkways 2804
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access
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Folkways Records Collection 1948-1986
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_231821
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Oh My Babe Blues, Vol. 2 [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
United States
Georgia
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
FW-ASCH-LP-2477
Biograph 12011
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
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Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_315886
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Queen of the blues : 1923-1924. [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
United States
Georgia
Date:
1974
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
FW-ASCH-LP-2478
Biograph 12032
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
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Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_315887
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Blues the World Forgot [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
United States
Georgia
Date:
1968
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
FW-ASCH-LP-2479
Biograph 12001
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
See more items in:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_315888
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Ma Rainey [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Date:
1974
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
FW-ASCH-LP-2918
Milestone 47021
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
See more items in:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_316105
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Ma Rainey Vol. 1, 8 selections by the first of the great blues singers. [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Tampa Red 1904-1981  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Date:
1950
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
FW-ASCH-LP-3498
Riverside 1003
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
See more items in:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_316429
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Voice of "Ma" Rainey, The, Vol. 1 [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Physical description:
4 phonograph records : analog, 78 rpm ; 10 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
United States
Georgia
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
FW-ASCH-78-0324
Paramount 1
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
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Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_320639
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Booze and Blues/Toad Frog Blues [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 78 rpm ; 10 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
United States
Georgia
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
FW-ASCH-78-3125
Paramount 12242
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
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Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_323712
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Screech Owl Blues/Tough Luck Blues [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Physical description:
1 phonograph record : analog, 78 rpm ; 10 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
United States
Georgia
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
FW-ASCH-78-3126
Paramount 12735
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
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Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_323713
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Pruitt, Miles  Search this
Ory, Kid 1886-1973  Search this
Clay, Shirley  Search this
Tampa Red 1904-1981  Search this
Dorsey, Thomas Andrew  Search this
Henderson, Fletcher 1897-1952  Search this
Scott, Howard  Search this
O'Bryant, Jimmy  Search this
Ladnier, Tommy  Search this
Blythe, Jimmy 1901-1931  Search this
Hawkins, Coleman  Search this
Albert Wynn's Creole Jazz Band  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
Illinois
United States
Chicago (Ill.)
Date:
1990
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
Yazoo 1071
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only,No duplication
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_335025
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Acetate dubs: Jazz: Mary Lou Williams- Zodiac; Dupree; Ma Rainey; Art Tatum [sound recording]

Performer:
Paul, Les  Search this
Williams, Mary Lou 1910-1981  Search this
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Ford, Mary 1924-1977  Search this
Dupree, Champion Jack -1992  Search this
Jerome, Jerry 1912-2001  Search this
Cats and Jammers (Musical group)  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 10 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Anglo-American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
United States
New York
Louisiana
New Orleans (La.)
Topic:
Jazz  Search this
Blues (Music)  Search this
Piano  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Clarinet  Search this
Local number:
FW-ASCH-10RR-0276
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
See more items in:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_335757
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Blues Masters, Vol. 11: Classic Blues Woman [sound recording]

Producer:
Charters, Samuel Barclay 1929-2015  Search this
Performer:
Holiday, Billie 1915-1959  Search this
Smith, Mamie  Search this
Williams, Clarence 1893-1965  Search this
Taylor, Eva 1896-1977  Search this
Smith, Trixie 1895-1943  Search this
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Wallace, Sippie  Search this
Cox, Ida 1889-1967  Search this
Smith, Bessie 1894-1937  Search this
Johnson, Mary  Search this
Martin, Sara 1884-1955  Search this
Spivey, Victoria  Search this
Hunter, Alberta  Search this
Johnson, Edith 1894-1969  Search this
Brown, Henry  Search this
Pierce, Billie 1907-1974  Search this
Pierce, De De 1904-1973  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
United States
New York
Georgia
Date:
1993
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
Rhino 71134
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_340288
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Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937 [sound recording]

Performer:
Johnson, Lil  Search this
Tampa Red 1904-1981  Search this
Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint, b. 1895  Search this
Dorsey, Thomas Andrew  Search this
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Davis, Madlyn  Search this
Cobb, Bert  Search this
James, Willie B  Search this
Avery, Charles  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Place:
Illinois
United States
Chicago (Ill.)
Georgia
Date:
1992
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Bottleneck (Guitar playing)  Search this
Vocals  Search this
Piano  Search this
Tuba  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Local number:
Yazoo 1039
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_344336
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Ramsey Recordings: Ma Rainey dubs [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 5 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
RA-RAMS-5RR-0269
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
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Frederic Ramsey audiorecordings collection, circa 1950s 287448
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_345151
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Ramsey Recordings: Ma Rainey dubs [sound recording]

Performer:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Local number:
RA-RAMS-7RR-0270
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
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Frederic Ramsey audiorecordings collection, circa 1950s 287448
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_345152
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Acetate Transfers: Jazz [sound recording]

Recorder:
Asch, Moses  Search this
Performer:
Williams, Mary Lou 1910-1981  Search this
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Paul, Les  Search this
Ford, Mary 1924-1977  Search this
Dupree, Champion Jack -1992  Search this
Jerome, Jerry 1912-2001  Search this
Cats and Jammers (Musical group)  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Culture:
Americans  Search this
African American  Search this
Anglo-American  Search this
Type:
Musical sound recordings
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
Jazz  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Piano  Search this
Local number:
FP-CDR-0543-7
Restrictions & Rights:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
Data Source:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_351383
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Blues legacies and Black feminism : Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday / Angela Y. Davis

Author:
Davis, Angela Y (Angela Yvonne) 1944-  Search this
Subject:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Smith, Bessie 1894-1937  Search this
Holiday, Billie 1915-1959  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 427 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
C1998
Topic:
Blues (Music)--History and criticism  Search this
Blues (Music)--Texts  Search this
Feminism and music  Search this
Women blues musicians  Search this
African American women  Search this
Call number:
ML3521 .D355 1998X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_530946
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I'm as good as any woman in your town : the interconnections of gender, race, and class in the blues of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith / by Paisley Jane Harris

Author:
Harris, Paisley Jane  Search this
Subject:
Rainey, Ma 1886-1939  Search this
Smith, Bessie 1894-1937  Search this
Physical description:
i, 106 leaves
Type:
Biography
Date:
1994
Topic:
Blues (Music)  Search this
African American singers  Search this
Call number:
CT275.R144 H3 1994a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_471762

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