国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「Ma Rainey, born on this day, helped make blues music popular. She was one of the first blues musicians to record when she began working with Paramount Records in 1923. (Swipe ➡️ to see a record from 1924). The earliest blues recordings, made in the 1920s, were labeled “race records” and marketed to African American audiences. Today the blues is recognized as the primary root of 20th-century American popular music, influencing jazz, rhythm and blues, country, and rock and roll.  #SmithsonianMusic #BecauseOfHerStory #WomensHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #MusicHistory #BluesHistory #JazzHistory #JazzAppreciationMonth #SmithsonianJazz #MaRainey #EntertainmentHistory Support of jazz programming at the museum is made possible by the LeRoy Neiman Foundation; The Argus Fund; the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, founding donor of the Jazz Appreciation Month endowment; David C. Frederick and Sophia Lynn; Goldman Sachs; and the John Hammond Performance Series Endowment Fund. [📷: Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection, Archives Center]」4月27日 8時16分