Classic Ragtime: Roots and Offshoots

Various Artists - Jazz - New Orleans/Dixieland/Ragtime | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 16, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 16, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000007QGR
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,548 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The African 400 (An Educated Rag) - Arthur Pryor's Band

2. Fo' De Lawd's Sake, Play A Waltz - Elsie Janis

3. The Belle Of The Barber's Ball - Billy Murray/Ada Jones

4. Operatic Rag - Joseph Moskowitz

5. Brother Noah Gave Out Checks For Rain - Arthur Collins

6. That Moanin' Saxophone Rag - Six Brown Brothers

7. The Trolley Car Swing - Elida Morris

8. King Of The Bungaloos - 'Gene Green

9. Laughing Rag - Sam Moore

10. House Rent Rag - Dixieland Jug Blowers

11. South Street Rag - South Street Trio

12. Hot Notes - Savoy Bearcats

13. 12th Street Rag - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

14. Tom's Rag - Watkin's Band

15. Dew Drop Alley Stomp - Sugar Underwood

16. The Pearls - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers

17. Ragtime Annie - Solomon & Hughes

18. Gladyse - Thomas 'Fats' Waller

19. Memphis Kick-Up - Slim Lamar & His Southeners

20. Maori - Green Brothers Marimba Orchestra

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Atmosphere of the past captured here!, August 27, 2000

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This review is from: Classic Ragtime: Roots and Offshoots (Audio CD)

If you are curious about the entertainment and popular culture of America in the early decades of the 1900's, than this collection is for you. It is a fun audio exploration of the musical forms which influenced early jazz and blues. I think the term ragtime should be understood to have a broader meaning here than simply the form of the usual piano and orchestral pieces associated with it. THIS ALBUM IS A MUST FOR AMERICAN MUSIC HISTORY FANS!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare Ragtime Gems!, January 15, 2004

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"Gimpy" Peach Johnson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classic Ragtime: Roots and Offshoots (Audio CD)

The title of this CD is a little misleading, "Offshoots of Ragtime" is perhaps a little more accurate. By definition, "Classic Ragtime" generally refers to a solo piano rag following the form AABBACCDD. I don't think any track on this disc fits that pattern. Nevertheless, this is one fantastic set! It's packed with historic recordings from the early 1910s to the late 1930s (the earliest recording here was made over ten years after the first rag was published so "roots" in the title is out). The remastering is excellent, and the liner notes with discographical information for each track are very good as well. The musical selections represent a wide variety of late ragtime and early jazz styles, presenting well-known classics such as Jelly Roll Morton's "The Pearls" and Fats Waller's "Gladyse" alongside forgotten gems like Sugar Underwood's "Dew Drop Alley Stomp" (my favorite on the disc) and Sam Moore's haunting "Laughing Rag." Because of the variety on this disc, it's one that I can listen to quite often without growing tired of hearing the same tracks again and again. If you have any interest in classic jazz music, ragtime, or vaudeville, this is a good disc to have. Highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Woah... how did you find this?, August 27, 2002

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This review is from: Classic Ragtime: Roots and Offshoots (Audio CD)

With all the "Various Artists" CDs and what-nots you're very lucky to have found a collection like this. As I was, via a gift. This collection ranks up there with the best of the Yazoo collections, (Rukus Juice, etc)... and therefore up there with some of the best gifts ever.

I'm assuming you're well versed in the oldtimey recordings... if so... than don't hesitate, this collection is superb! It is one of my "dessert island" discs, which include such great recordings as Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, the Beach Boys - Pet Sounds,... you dig? It's that vital... and haunting... If you're not a regular listener of the old stuff and are curious... Pick It Up! This stuff is catchy and sounds great coming from old dusty 78s... SNIIIFFFF... ahhhh smell that history.

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