The Roots of Ragtime [CD on Demand]

Richard Zimmerman

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 2009)
• Original Release Date: September 27, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legacy International
• ASIN: B000002NT1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #57,304 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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The Roots of Ragtime by Richard Zimmerman

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor audio quality on this CD, December 19, 1998

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This review is from: The Roots of Ragtime (Audio CD)

Zimmerman is an excellent pianist, and these ragtime selections are good. However, the distorted audio quality on this disk makes it one to avoid, even at the $5. price. Better recordings are available. This one sounds like the microphone was over-loaded.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Louisiana Rag, September 10, 2005

By	Richard Wirtz "Dick" (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Apart from Tom Turpin's Ragtime Nightmare, William H. Krell's Mississippi Rag, Zez Confrey's Kitten on the Keys, and Abe Holtzmann's Smoky Mokes. it's hard to find good performances of rags by ragtime-era composers other than the "big three" - Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, and James Scott.

This is a very satisfying album. The performances are by Richard Zimmerman, a first-class interpreter of classic rags. The CD contains rags by lesser-known composers from the early years of ragtime,including Frank X. McFadden, Max Hoffman, Theodore H. Northrup, B.H. Janssen, Edgar Settle, James Chapman, and Collis Welborn Jackson. Having done quite a lot of scouting, I suspect this may be the only CD on which you can find some of these excellent rags. My only regret about the CD is that there are no liner notes.