Taxi

Jean-Baptiste Lafreniere (Composer), Scott Joplin (Composer), Luckey Roberts (Composer), Eubie Blake (Composer), Mimi Blais (Composer), Zez Confrey (Composer), William Eckstein (Composer), Mimi Blais (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Mimi Blais
• Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lafreniere, Scott Joplin, Luckey Roberts, Eubie Blake, Mimi Blais, et al.
• Audio CD (September 7, 2004)
• Label: Port Royal
• ASIN: B000A20K4O
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,433,287 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Taxi Rag for piano

2. Remember "The Sting": The Entertainer / Solace

3. Music Box Rag

4. Memories of You

5. Kitchen Tom

6. Ma douce amie

7. Valse miroir for piano

8. Paraphrase on "Black & White Rag", for piano (after George Botsford)

9. On My Way Back to Montreal, I Got the Blues for Memphis Blues, for pian

10. Dizzy Fingers for piano

11. A Musical Massacre (after Chopin)

12. Mimi, ma biche

13. The Cats / The Black Cat Blues

14. The Baltimore Todolo, rag for piano

15. Piaf (to her memory), for piano (after Hal Isbitz)

16. Maple Leaf Rag, for piano

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A devoted Fan of Mimi's, September 27, 2000

By 

Catherine N. Carnes (Jacksonville, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Taxi! Ragtime Novelty Blues (Audio CD)

I have heard Mimi in person (a real treat) many times at the Sedalia, MO Joplin Festival and already own many of her recordings including this one which is even better than her others. I can't say too much in praise of her talent, her creativity and her absolute skill and ability to throughly entertain with anything or any type of music she plays. She is fantastically clever at sneaking in bits of "classical" themes right in the middle of something Ragtime. She has a wonderful sense of humor and a caring personality that will let her make time to answer kids' questions about how she can "remember so many notes to play". I can't imagine ANYONE who would not THOROUGHLY ENJOY this recording.

5.0 out of 5 stars Mimi Blais, the Queen of Rag!, January 30, 2010

By 

Eleanor Winters "Eleanor Winters" (Goleta, CA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Taxi! Ragtime Novelty Blues (Audio CD)

With her supurb classical training, Mimi Blais plays rag with quality technique never interfering with the character of ragtime. She is a foot-tapping delight! I like particularly the "old time" rag composers heard with her exquisite clarity coupled with ragtime style. Eventually I want all her recording and hope she will do many, many more.