Ragtime 1

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

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epm Musique
• ASIN: B000007S25
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #749,231 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. At a Georgia Camp Meeting - Edison Grand Concert Band

2. Trombone Sneeze [A Humoresque Cake-Walk] - Sousa's Band

3. Silence and Fun [A Ragtime Oddity] - Sousa's Band

4. The Brooklin [Cakewalk] - Orchestre Pathe Freres

5. Red Onion Rag - Roy Spangler

6. A Coon Band Contest - Arthur Pryor's Band

7. Hiawatha Rag - Orchestre Eden/Orchestre Lutetia

8. Maple Leaf Rag - United States Marine Band

9. High Society - Regimental Band Of The Republic

10. Hors d'Oeuvre - Murray's Ragtime Banjo Quartet

11. Ramshackle Rag - Prince's Band

12. Temptation Rag [Tentation-Sic] - Grand Orchestre Tzigane Du Palais De La Danse

13. Too Much Mustard [Tres Moutarde] - Europe's Society Orchestra

14. Memphis Blues - Prince's Band

15. Jazzing Around - Eubie Blake Trio

16. Music Box Rag - Victor Military Band

17. Carolina - Pathe Dance Orchestra

18. Down Home Rag - Wilbur C Sweatman

19. Fuzzy Wuzzy Rag - Handy's Orchestra

20. Blaze Away - Mike Bernard

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Compilation of ragtime recordings from 1897 to 1919, including Sousa's Band, Handy's Orchestra, Eubie Blake and others

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ragtime Orchestras from the late 1800's to early 1900's..., October 12, 2000

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This review is from: Ragtime 1 (Audio CD)

This historical and enjoyable CD re-issues some very rare Ragtime, but not you're typical Ragtime piano solo. This is ragtime being played by dance orchestras and small groups a the peak of it's popularity. Many people think of ragtime as just being played by piano, well during the late 1800's early 1900's ragtime bands were quite popular, though they didn't improvise(ragtime is completely written out) they are full of syncopation. Fans of traditional jazz will enjoy this, even though there is no improvising, there is a lot of hot syncopation, and it's just enjoyable music. Such lehendary bands as Arthur Pryor's Band, Edison Grand Concert Band, Handy's Orchestra and Eubie Blake Trio. Some highlights include Silence and Fun ["A Ragtime Oddity"] performed by Sousa's Band, Jazzing Around performed by Eubie Blake Trio, Coon Band Contest performed by Arthur Pryor's Band, Dallas Blues performed by Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band, and a highly enjoyable Music Box Rag performed by Victor Military Band. The music on this CD is joyous and fun, and is recommedned to traditioanl and vintage jazz collectors.

I also have to highly recomend two CD's by a new band called The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, they re-create the ragtime band of Arthur Pryor on their two finest CD's "On The Boardwalk" and "The Whistler & His Dog," both are essential.