Ragtime does not provide much opportunity for improvising, and the scoring is all-important, as this one bears evidence. On this CD the tune is arranged by leader of the band Kit Johnson, as are several others. However, the tune was first recorded by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band in 1923 with Armstrong playing second cornet. The first track, “Weatherbird Rag,” will most likely bring to mind the famous composer, a certain Louis Armstrong, and possibly his 1928 duet on the piece with Earl Hines. Most of the tracks should have some degree of familiarity for the listener, whether it be the tune title or the composer’s name.
Joining those who have issued a ragtime album is the Black Swan Classic Jazz Band with this album, Ragtime Revelry. Two ragtime albums have long been among my favorites: Elite Syncopations, by the Chris Barber band, and The Many Faces of Ragtime, by the Turk Murphy band. Few, however, present a whole ragtime set or an entire recording of ragtime pieces. Ragtime has also been picked up by traditional jazz bands, many of them including one or two ragtime numbers in their repertoires. These arrangements have often been given a second life by being adopted by modern day ragtime ensembles, such as the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, or the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. However, it was not limited to solo pianists musical groups, such as James Reese Europe’s 369th Regiment army band and other musical aggregations like W. The music was first promulgated by piano players-mainly men such as Scott Joplin and Tony Jackson, but also women such as May Aufderheide-who both composed and played it.
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Ragtime was “revived,” one might say, in 1974 when the movie The Sting was released with its compelling background music: the ragtime piece “The Entertainer.” Thereafter-and even today-whenever “The Entertainer ” was and is played, most often it is identified as “The Sting.” Today there are many players like Butch Thompson and Terry Waldo who include ragtime in their repertoires, as well as some who devote themselves entirely to ragtime. In the early 1900s, ragtime was the domain of piano players. When “ragtime” is mentioned, many people-perhaps most-think immediately of piano players.
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