“Jelly Bean Blues” – Ma Rainey and her Georgia Jazz Band

“Jelly Bean Blues” by Ma Rainey and her Georgia Jazz Band featuring Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green, Buster Bailey, and (uncredited on this label), Charlie Dixon on banjo.

“I can sit right here and look a thousand miles away – I just can remember what my baby had to say”

Originally released on Paramount in 1926, this dubbed pressing from the private Jazz Collector label in the UK is from the late 1940s.

Credits:
Ma Rainey – Vocals
Louis Armstrong – cornet
Charlie Green – trombone
Buster Bailey – clarinet
Fletcher Henderson – piano
Charlie Dixon – banjo