Dorian Recordings

DOR-93165

THATSUM RAG!

THE NEW COLUMBIAN BRASS BAND
GEORGE FOREMAN, CONDUCTOR

Recent revivals of Scott Joplin's piano rags have led many to believe that the ragtime music of the late 1800's and early 1900's was mostly performed on piano. In fact, the ragtime band was a vital element in the developement of this "rag ged time" (hence ragtime) syncopated style of music. Wildly popular throughout the early 1900's in America, it moved from the nickelodeon and saloon to more "legitimate performances" in theatres, park concerts and ballrooms. The infectious rhythm of this uniquely American sound formed the basis of many popular music styles and became America's first widely known indigenous music.

1. Razzazza Mazzazza
(An Extravaganza, 1905) - Arthur Pryor
2. Bunch O'Blackberries
(Cake Walk [Two-Step], 1899) - Abe Holzman
3. A Kansas Two-Step
(Burlesque, 1895) - Arthur Pryor
4. Geo'ge Washin'ton's Birthday Pahty
(March, Two-Step or Cake Walk, 1899) - C.L.Barnhouse
5. Fan-Tan
(Chinese March Characteristique), 1900) - Bert Anthony
6. At a Georgia Campmeeting
(Characteristic March, 1897) - Kerry Mills
7. Sarazan
(An Arabian March Two-Step) - John B. Gardiner
8. Creole Belles
(Rag-Time March, 1900) - J. Bodewalt Lampe
9. Watermelon Club
(Characteristic March and Two-Step, 1904) - J. Bodewalt Lampe
10. Warm Doughnuts
(March, 1903) - F.H. Losey
11. Good Gravy Rag
(A Musical Relish, 1913) - Harry Belding
12. An African Smile
(Characteristic March, 1905) - Paul Eno
13. The Cubanola Glide
(Rag Novelty, 1909) - Harry Von Tilzer
14. Artful Artie
(March and Two-Step, 1908) - Arthur Pryor
15. The Smiler
(A Joplin Rag, 1907) - Percy Wenrich
16. Sweetmeats
(Rag Two-Step, 1908) - Percy Wenrich
17. Kentucky Sunrise
(1919) - Karl L. King
18. The Walking Frog
(Two-Step, 1919) - Karl L. King
19. That Tired Rag
(1911) - Charlotte Blake
20. Zampede
(Rag, 1920) - Frank Fuhrer
21. Thatsum Rag
(1913) - Al Pinard

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