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Wonderful. We got that, boys. Whoo-hoo! Good session, Ma.
We've got ourselves some winners! Slow Drag,
where you learn to play that bass at? I heard it singing. I heard you. You had that bass
jumping all over the place. I was following Toledo. Nigga got them long fingers
striding all over the piano. -I was trying to keep up with him.
-That's what you supposed to do. -Play the music.
-Cutler, you hear Slow Drag on that bass
spanking like you spank a baby? -[spanks]
-Boom! Levee, what were you doing?
Why you playing all them notes? Playing ten notes for every one you
supposed to play. Don't call for all that. You're supposed to improvise
on the theme. That's what I was doing. You're supposed
to play the song like I sing it. [chuckling] The way
everybody else play it. I was playing the song the way I felt it. I'm trying to sing my song
and you messing up my ear. -You call that playing music?
-Hey, I know what I'm doing. Y'all back up and leave me alone
about my music. I done told you it ain't about your music.
It's about Ma's music. That's all right. I told you what to do. What I care about what you and Cutler do?
We've got ourselves some winners! Slow Drag,
where you learn to play that bass at? I heard it singing. I heard you. You had that bass
jumping all over the place. I was following Toledo. Nigga got them long fingers
striding all over the piano. -I was trying to keep up with him.
-That's what you supposed to do. -Play the music.
-Cutler, you hear Slow Drag on that bass
spanking like you spank a baby? -[spanks]
-Boom! Levee, what were you doing?
Why you playing all them notes? Playing ten notes for every one you
supposed to play. Don't call for all that. You're supposed to improvise
on the theme. That's what I was doing. You're supposed
to play the song like I sing it. [chuckling] The way
everybody else play it. I was playing the song the way I felt it. I'm trying to sing my song
and you messing up my ear. -You call that playing music?
-Hey, I know what I'm doing. Y'all back up and leave me alone
about my music. I done told you it ain't about your music.
It's about Ma's music. That's all right. I told you what to do. What I care about what you and Cutler do?
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Wonderful. We got that, boys.
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Whoo-hoo!
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Good session, Ma.
We've got ourselves some winners!
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Slow Drag,
where you learn to play that bass at?
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I heard it singing. I heard you.
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You had that bass
jumping all over the place.
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I was following Toledo.
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Nigga got them long fingers
striding all over the piano.
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-I was trying to keep up with him.
-That's what you supposed to do.
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-Play the music.
-Cutler, you hear Slow Drag
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on that bass
spanking like you spank a baby?
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-[spanks]
-Boom!
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Levee, what were you doing?
Why you playing all them notes?
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Playing ten notes for every one you
supposed to play. Don't call for all that.
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You're supposed to improvise
on the theme. That's what I was doing.
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You're supposed
to play the song like I sing it.
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[chuckling] The way
everybody else play it.
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I was playing the song the way I felt it.
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I'm trying to sing my song
and you messing up my ear.
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-You call that playing music?
-Hey, I know what I'm doing.
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Y'all back up and leave me alone
about my music.
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I done told you it ain't about your music.
It's about Ma's music.
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That's all right. I told you what to do.
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What I care about what you and Cutler do?
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Movie Summary
Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.