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Category: Ragtime Project

3 Compelling Stories from They All Played Ragtime

The seldom-discussed stories of three ragtime pioneers

Published November 13, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Axel Christensen, Bebop, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Eubie Blake, James P. Johnson, John Stark, Joseph Lamb, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Rudi Blesh, Scott Joplin, They All Played Ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, Tom Turpin

OUT NOW: The Ragtime Project EP and Ebook

The Ragtime Project is finally here for you to enjoy!

Published August 7, 2020
Categorized as News, Ragtime Project Tagged Clarinet, Composer, Flute, New Music, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

FRIDAY: The Ragtime Project EP and Book Launch

A new EP and Book coming your way next week!

Published July 31, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Gunther Schuller, Music, Music History, New Music, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Ragtime Revival, Scott Joplin

Jelly Roll Morton: Bridging Ragtime and Jazz Traditions

Jelly Roll Morton demonstrates the stylistic differences between Ragtime and Jazz, an evolution of which he was a major proponent

Published July 27, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Jazz, Jelly Roll Morton, Maple Leaf Rag, Piano, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Scott Joplin

Stop-time Across American Art Forms

An exploration of how rhythmic conventions in music and dance may influence each other

Published July 22, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Benny Goodman, Dance, Drums, Louis Armstrong, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Scott Joplin, Tap Dance

Waltz into the Week with Scott Joplin

sheet music cover of Scott Joplin's "Bethena - A Concert Waltz"

A collection of some of Scott Joplin’s finest Ragtime Waltzes

Published July 20, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Scott Joplin, Waltz

Ragtime and Stride – Two American Piano Styles

Breaking down the defining features of the closely related piano styles of Ragtime and Stride

Published July 13, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Piano, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Scott Joplin, Stride, Stride Piano, Willie "The Lion" Smith

A Week of Ragtime

Sharing the works of Ragtime masters leading up to the release of my composition “Rag in Fourths”

Published July 4, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Ragtime, Ragtime Project

OUT NOW: Rag in Fourths

Check out the single from my upcoming Ragtime Project EP, and support a good cause

Published July 3, 2020
Categorized as News, Ragtime Project

That Epidemic Rag

A coronavirus theme song from the Ragtime Era

Published July 1, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Coronavirus, Edna Williams, Epidemic, Pandemic, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Women in Jazz

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