King of the Ragtime Writers

Editorial Reviews
Tom Olsen, Blues Connection
...its some of the best piano playing of the century.

CD Review, Tom Krehblel
The particular collection is distinguished by its faithfulness to the original scores. ...they accurately represent his (Joplin's) musical intentions...

King of the Ragtime Writers

King of the Ragtime Writers, Music, Scott Joplin, Scott and Daniels, Charles N. Joplin, Scott/Marshall, Arthur Joplin, Classical, Jazz, Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Music for Keyboard, Rag for Keyboard, Ragtime, Waltz for Keyboard

Average customer rating:

Nice CD - But played a little too fast

Yeah, Piano Rolls.....

fine prints missing.

very nice

King of the Ragtime Writers

Manufacturer: Shout Factory
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Jazz | Styles | Music
Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
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Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin

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Scott Joplin: Piano Rags

The Elite Syncopations: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls

ASIN: B00009PJSR
Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

Cascades
The Strenuous Life
Felicity Rag
Swipesy
Peacherine Rag
Something Doing
Search Light
Rose Leaf Rag
Fig Leaf Rag
Rag Medley No. 6/Pineapple Rag, Euphonic Sounds
Palm Leaf Rag
Kismet Rag
Wall Street Rag
Pleasant Moments
Original Rags
Sunflower Slow Drag
Maple Leaf Rag

Customer Reviews:

Nice CD - But played a little too fast.......2006-08-24

The piano rolls featured on this CD date from the turn of last century and the 1960's. The selections are good. Just the right thing to spark some interest in Ragtime music for my 12 year-old son. (It did!) I was hoping the selections would be more faithful to the period. Perhaps they are! But, while purists will enjoy the true-to-the-scoreness of the tracks they will also be disappointed in many of the tempos.

One reviewer noted that the songs sounded mechanical. I agree, some do. The end of Maple Leaf Rag, for instance, culminates in such a frenetic pace I thought I was listening to a hurdy-gurdy race.

We also purchased The Complete Music Of Scott Joplin. This is a 4 CD set. There is a lot of music for the money. John Arpin plays with lots of vituosity and embelishments. But 4 Cds are less convenient.

I do enjoy a liveliness to my ragtime, and this did inspire my son to play a couple of pieces so I am very happy.

Yeah, Piano Rolls............2005-06-18

What else were you expecting? You think they had 8 track recorders in Joplin's day? You think they had digital or even analogue technology?? Heck, dude, they didn't even have ELECTRICITY! lol

I'm just happy to know that Joplin's original recordings on this CD are the closest thing we have to hearing original recordings from the Classical Masters. I wish the piano roll had existed in Beethoven's day...or Chopin's. I doubt many people would be screaming about the digital conversion quality if it had. ;)

fine prints missing........2005-05-29

These recordings are not re-mastered Scot Joplin works but rather "piano rolls" and as such are very mechanical sounding.At no place on the catalog info does the words"piano roll" appear and therefor this album is a swindle. Tin Ear

very nice.......2004-12-25

very nice and great album, except the maple leaf rag the rags are played by scott joplin

everyone who likes ragtime should buy this!

Scott Joplin King of Ragtime Writers: From Classic Piano Rolls

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Scott Joplin King of Ragtime Writers: From Classic Piano Rolls
Scott Joplin
Manufacturer: Musical Heritage Society: (Heritage Jazz series)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000OTHXT8

Product Description

"In selecting the piano rolls for this recording, eight rolls were selected, which were originally issued at the turn of the last century, and nine rolls produced during the 1960's because of their simple, straightforward true-to-the-original score arrangements. MAPLE LEAF RAG is hand-played by 'Steve Williams,' a pseudonym which Ernest L. Stevens used for some of his work of piano rolls. Stevens was also Thomas Edison's personal recording pianist for Edison discs. ..." -- Michael Montgomery (for Heritage Jazz/Musical Heritage Society). 17 TRACKS: Cascades; The Strenuous Life; Felicity Rag; Swipesy; Peacherine Rag; Something Doing; Search Light; Rose Leaf Rag; Fig Leaf Rag; Rag Medley No. 6 (Pineapple Rag, Euphonic Sounds); Palm Leaf Rag; Kismet Rag; Wall Street Rag; Pleasant Moments; Original Rags; Sunflower Slow Drag; Maple Leaf Rag. Licensed by the Musical Heritage Society from Biography Records, Inc.

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Ragtimes by the King of Ragtime Writers

Manufacturer: Ottavo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000ALWG3
Release Date: 2003-01-01

Tracks:

Maple Leaf Rag
Fig Leaf Rag
Peacherine Rag
Elite Syncopations
Entertainer
Weeping Willow
Palm Leaf Rag
Favorite
Eugenia
Ragtime Dance
Gladiolus Rag
Pineapple Rag
Country Club
Euphonic Sounds
Paragon Rag
Scott Joplin's New Rag
Magnetic Rag

Average customer rating:

great music of the beginning of the century
The piano roll sound of ragtime

King of the Ragtime Writers

Manufacturer: Biograph
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000003HLK
Release Date: 1993-11-19

Tracks:

Cascades
The Strenuous Life
Felicity Rag
Swipesy
Peacherine Rag
Something Doing
Search Light
Rose Leaf Rag
Fig Leaf Rag
Rag Medley No.6: Pineapple Rag/Euphonic Sounds
Palm Leaf Rag
Kismet Rag
Wall Street Rag
Pleasant Moments
Original Rags
Sunflower Slow Drag
Maple Leaf Rag

Customer Reviews:

great music of the beginning of the century.......2001-09-16

I have something to confess : I like the sound of piano rolls.It's a little bit mechanical,and rigide, but it has a particular flavor and charm that is,I think,very attractive.I love Fats,Jelly Roll,James P.,James Scott or Scott Joplin's piano rolls.This old time music,and this old time rhythm,has something very melancholic that makes it indispensable and entrancing.None of these seventeen rolls has originally been played by Scott Joplin himself.Eight of them were originally issued at the turn of the century,and the nine others were produced in the sixties by a roll collector from StLouis,Mo,named Hal Boulware.But they are as close to the original arrangements that it is almost impossible to distinguish them.Scott Joplin's talent for writing explodes in each tune;this man,born 1868,and who died in 1917,half mad,after the disaster of his most ambitious work,an opera called "Treemonisha",created some of America's most beautiful melodies.Few jazz musicians played his tunes,because it was some kind of old time stuff;I just can name a few: Paul Lingle (hope that Delmark will soon reissue his three Euphonic lps),Jelly Roll Morton (who gave a magnificent rendition of "original rags" in 1939),MaryLou Williams ("elite syncopations","pineapple rag" and the wonderful waltz "pleasing moments",in his "Nite life" album issued on CD by Chiaroscuro),and an outstanding version of "the entertainer" by Jaki Byard on a very rare japanese Victor LP from 1972.This CD will be treasured by all lovers of old dusty things,of old music that will be an essential part in the birth of stride and swing.Even free jazz musicians will remember it,because it's part of their roots : listen to Dave Burrell's "Am rag" for example.I think these seventeen tunes are fascinating,as those included in Scott Joplin's two other albums on Biograph,because of the beauty of the music and the quiet melancholy that comes out.

The piano roll sound of ragtime.......2000-04-04

Watching all-time favorite film "The Sting" on cable reintroduced me to the great Marvin Hamlisch score and set me to thinking about getting a Joplin album. Searching Amazon, I found this recording.

What the online description does NOT tell you is that this recording is comprised of piano roll performances. As such, there is little or no variation in volume or sustain, giving the recording a perky quality, rather than the more contemplative quality of the Hamlisch interpretations.

Liner notes discuss the piano roll industry of Joplin's time, including the practice of liberally interpreting scores into three- and four-hand arrangmetns. this recording consists of vintage-era performances, and also modern-era performances by piano roll collectors who punched their own.