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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Composer Branford Marsalis Targeted Authenticity to Craft Score

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe very core of George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is the film’s music.Based on the August Wilson play, the film, debuting Dec.

18 on Netflix, follows famed blues singer Ma Rainey as she steps into a recording studio one hot summer day in 1927 Chicago.

Levee, an ambitious young trumpet player, is a source of conflict as he dreams of big things for his music future.Pulsing blues and soulful lyrics are wrapped around Chadwick Boseman’s performance as Levee and Viola Davis’ turn as Ma Rainey.

Composer Branford Marsalis’ score expresses the tensions and dynamics of these characters with differing approaches to music.

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