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The ragtime boom of 100 years ago

Jun 11, 2009, 4:28am River's Invitation
The ragtime boom of 100 years ago Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag ( buy ) (pub. 1899) According to Wikipedia, "Ragtime (alternately spelled Ragged-time) is an originally American musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published as popular sheet music for piano. It was a modification of the march made popular by John Philip Sousa , with additional polyrhythms coming from African music. The ragtime composer Scott Joplin became famous through the publication [...]
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Link Text:Cow Cow Davenport - Mama Don't Allow Easy Riders
File Name:Cow Cow Davenport - Mama don't allow easy riders.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Blind Blake
Title:Southern Rag
Link Text:Blind Blake - Southern Rag
File Name:01 - Southern Rag.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:Jelly Roll Morton
Title:Tom Cat Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
Link Text:Jelly Roll Morton - Tom Cat Blues
File Name:Various Artists_The Greatest Ragtime Of The Century_03_Tom Cat Blues.mp3
Bitrate:193 kbps
Year:1992
Artist:New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Title:Maple Leaf Rag
Link Text:New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Maple Leaf Rag
File Name:New Orleans Rhythm Kings_The Complete Set 1922-1925_02_22_Maple Leaf Rag.mp3
Bitrate:198 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:Scott Joplin
Title:Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
Link Text:Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
File Name:Various Artists_The Greatest Ragtime Of The Century_01_07_Maple Leaf Rag.mp3
Bitrate:194 kbps
Year:1992

Nagasaki — The Song, Not The City

Mar 30, 2009, 3:23am Geezer Music Club
Nagasaki — The Song, Not The City For the last sixty-plus years, the name Nagasaki has stirred thoughts of a city in Japan with a history that includes being the site of the last wartime use of a nuclear device. But in the pre-war years, jazz fans probably most often thought of it as the title of one of the most popular songs around. Written in the 1920s when flappers and bathtub gin were all the rage, the piece was the work of the song-writing team of Harry Warren and Mort Dixon. At that time, the public was fascinated by exotic locales and intriguing foreign [...]
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Artist:New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Title:Nagasaki
Link Text:New Orleans Rhythm Kings
File Name:New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Nagasaki.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001

Retro Redux: Nagasaki -- The Song, Not The City

Mar 30, 2009, 2:44am Music @ Blogcritics.org
Mills Brothers - Nagasaki (1937)
It's probably a very nice city -- but we're here to talk about jazz. For the last sixty-plus years, the name Nagasaki has stirred thoughts of a city in Japan with a history that includes being the site of the last wartime use of a nuclear device. But in the pre-war years, jazz fans probably most often thought of it as the title of one of the most popular songs around. Written in the 1920s when flappers and bathtub...
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Artist:New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Title:Nagasaki
Link Text:New Orleans Rhythm Kings
File Name:New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Nagasaki.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001