Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (The Century Cycle #3)

August Wilson, Frank Rich


Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
3.94 · 16 ratings · 110 pages · Published: 05 Apr 1984

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, Frank Rich
The time is 1927. The place is a rundown recording studio in jazz-era Chicago. Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer, is due to arrive with her entourage to cut new sides of old favorites.

Waiting for her are her black musician sidemen, the white owner of the record company, and her white manager. What goes down in the session to come is more than music. It is a riveting portrayal of black rage, of racism, of the self-hate that racism breeds, and of racial exploitation.

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