Paolo Alderighi and Stephanie Trick, both accomplished stride pianists, first met in 2008 at a stride summit weekend in Switzerland. They kept bumping into each
Stephanie Trick’s horizons keep expanding. When we first met her, she was playing ragtime, but she soon mastered Scott Joplin and moved to stride piano,
This CD is a true treasure! Frederick Hodges, who has earned a deserved reputation as a fine interpreter of novelty piano music and difficult forms of
This is the third “concept” recording that Rick Benjamin has tackled along with his Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, the first two being “Black Manhattan” (music of
Dr. Dave Majchrzak (or “Dr. Dave,” as he is called – for good reason) has always taken an assured approach to his playing of ragtime.
Eric Marchese has been active in the Southern California ragtime scene for many years. He has founded both a ragtime festival and a ragtime society
It must be satisfying for Trebor Tichenor, the patriarch of the Tichenor Family Five, to see how his love of music is being carried on
It’s funny what love will do. Absent are the pyrotechnics and the quirky improvisations that have long been her domain, replaced on this disc with lush
Paul Lingle spent most of his life playing for people who didn’t really listen. From the bars and dime-a-dance joints to the Dixieland band one-nighters and
Subtitled “20 Original Piano Solos by Reginald R. Robinson,” this self-produced compact disc is an eclectic mix of rags, tangos, waltzes, a blues, a march
Several years ago when Matthew Davidson released his first ragtime CD, it contained several novelty piano pieces. I was so impressed that I stated publicly
When I was first learning about ragtime, I kept encountering references to the cakewalk, all of which seemed to assume that the reader already knew
Perhaps I should put my prejudicial disclaimer right up front: I like the way Glenn Jenks plays ragtime. His approach is confident and authoritative, whether