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Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928

Ma Rainey

Label: Black Swan Records
Released: 2026
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Tracks

Bad Luck Blues; Barrel House Blues; Bessemer Bound Blues; Big Boy Blues; Big Feeling Blues; Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues; Black Dust Blues; Black Eye Blues; Blame It on the Blues; Blues Oh Blues; Booze and Blues; Broken Hearted Blues; Broken Soul Blues; Cell Bound Blues; Chain Gang Blues; Countin' the Blues; Daddy Goodbye Blues; Damper Down Blues; Dead Drunk Blues; Deep Moaning Blues; Don't Fish in My Sea; Down in the Basement; Farewell Daddy Blues; Georgia Cake Walk; Goodbye Daddy Blues; Grievin' Hearted Blues; Hellish Rag; Honey Where You Been So Long; Ice Bag Papa; Jealous Hearted Blues; Jealous Rider Blues; Jealousy Blues; Jelly Bean Blues; Last Minute Blues; Lawd Send Me a Man Blues; Leaving This Morning; Levee Camp Moan; Log Camp Blues; Lost Wandering Blues; Lucky Rock Blues; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Ma Rainey's Mystery Record; Misery Blues; Moonshine Blues; Mountain Jack Blues; New Bo-Weavil Blues; Night Time Blues; Oh Papa Blues; Prove It on Me Blues; Rough and Tumble Blues; Runaway Blues; Screech Owl Blues; See See Rider Blues; Shave 'Em Dry Blues; Slave to the Blues; Sleep Talking Blues; Slow Driving Blues; Southern Blues; Stack O' Lee Blues; Stormy Sea Blues; Sweet Rough Man; Traveling Blues; Trust No Man; Tough Luck Blues; Victim of the Blues; Walking Blues; Weepin' Woman Blues; Wringing and Twisting Blues; Yonder Come the Blues.

Personnel

Ma Rainey

vocals

Louis Armstrong

trumpet and vocals

Georgia Tom Dorsey

piano

Lovie Austin

piano

Tampa Red

guitar, slide

Coleman Hawkins

saxophone, tenor

Blind Blake

guitar, acoustic

Papa Charlie Jackson

banjo

Joe Smith

trumpet

Dave Nelson

trombone

Tommy Ladnier

trumpet

Buster Bailey

clarinet

Albert Wynn

trombone

Charlie Green

trombone

Eddie Pollock

saxophone

Buddy Christian

banjo

Johnny St. Cyr

banjo

Leroy Harris

banjo

Gabriel Washington

drums

Jimmy Blythe

piano

Album Description

Mother of the Blues: The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923–1928 is a definitive five-CD, 118-track archival box set scheduled for release on July 24, 2026, by Black Swan Records and the George H. Buck Jazz Foundation. This collection features newly restored and remastered audio that delivers Gertrude "Ma" Rainey's foundational catalog in its highest fidelity to date, alongside rare alternate matrix takes and songs never before reissued on physical media. The historic sessions capture the pioneer backed by early jazz legends like Louis Armstrong, Thomas A. Dorsey, and Lovie Austin. Housed in a 12x12 presentation box, the set is accompanied by a 100-plus page hardcover book featuring never-before-published archival photos and track-by-track linear breakdowns, making it the ultimate anthology of an American music icon.