(moody jazz music)
- The wardrobe was fantastic.
I was always switching my hips, even in between scenes!
I felt just fabulous.
(Ma claps) Woohoo!
Her other band members, other musicians would say
she had a mouth full of gold teeth,
so I got some gold teeth.
They said that under the lights of the tent,
her make up looked like grease paint.
There was so much makeup caked on her.
- That crazy makeup, I guess that was more the style then
and her particular style, and...
When I first saw her, I was like, "Uh oh, okay..."
But I get it now, I get it.
- She was also described as always looking wet,
you know, always sweating,
so I had a lot of sweat put on me.
(Denzel laughs)
- Sweatin', all the grease on her and stuff,
she loved it!
- All of that, when you put it together,
made up Ma Rainey.
- Let us hear it, Ma Rainey is here!
(crowd cheering)
(lively jazz music)