The art of the rag

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Call Number: CD Jazz New Art
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Mostly piano rags, arr. for instrumental ensemble by Gunther Schuller.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Vera Brodsky Lawarence ([8] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Sun flower slow drag / Scott Hayden, Scott Joplin (3:14) -- Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin (3:10) -- Swipesy cake-walk / Scott Joplin, Arthur Marshall (3:26) -- Heliotrope bouquet / Louis Chauvin, Scott Joplin ; arr. Schuller (4:13) -- Castle walk / James Reese Europe ; arr. Schuller (2:54) --Charleston rag / Eubie Blake ; arr. Schuller (3:17) -- Black bottom stomp / Jelly Roll Morton ; arr. Schuller (3:28) -- Mattapan rag / Robert Carrirr. Schuller (3:20) -- 12-note row rag / Kenneth Laufer ; arr. Schuller (3:31) -- Sandpoint rag / Gunther Schuller -- Maloney rag / Stefan Kozinski ; arr. Schuller (4:08) -- Sleight-of-hand rag / William Albright ; arr. Schuller (3:57) -- Dizzy fingers / Zez Confrey ; arr. Schuller (2:12) --Smokehouse blues / Charlie Luke ; arr. Morton ; transcr. Schuller (4:07) --Grandpa's spells / Jelly Roll Morton ; arr. Schuller (2:36) -- Birdbrain rag / Joseph Lamb ; arr. Schuller (4:43) -- Castle house rag / James Reese Europe ; arr. Schuller (2:55)
New England Ragtime Ensemble ; Gunther Schuller, conductor.
Contents: Sunflower slow drag; -- Maple leaf rag; -- Swipesy cake-walk; -- Heliotrope bouquet; -- Castle walk; -- Charleston rag; -- Black bottom stomp; -- Mattapan rag. -- 12-note row rag; -- Sandpoint rag. -- Maloney rag; -- Novelty rags. -- Dizzy fingers. -- Smokehouse blues; -- Grandpa's spells; -- Bird brain rag; -- Castle house rag;

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

gf MLT submitted by emiwang on July 26, 2019, 11:40am /hi'hiip

Ragtime Out of Its Element submitted by Meginator on August 24, 2020, 10:42pm It can be somewhat disorienting to experience traditional ragtime music in the context of a more traditional orchestra, but the New England Ragtime Ensemble fundamentally understands the form and acquits itself well in adapting the piano-based music to a radically different set of instruments. The beats are syncopated and the music is somehow lively despite the constraints of this type of larger ensemble. This isn’t the place to start with ragtime music, but it does offer a fun spin on a familiar genre.