The greatest ragtime album of all time (in my opinion) is John Arpin’s "The Kings of Ragtime". To fall into the "greatest of all time" category for anything demands a superb musical performance and John delivers that. What I like most about the album is that Arpin has selected a broad spectrum of composers that [...]
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Greatest Ragtime Album of All Time
March 16, 2011
A Blind Ragtimer?
February 7, 2008
Many of you have heard of blind pianists like Ray Charles, George Shearing, Ronnie Milsap and Art Tatum but did you know there was a blind ragtime composer? Charles Hunter (1876-1906) was an American composer of ragtime music who was born almost totally blind. He attended the School for the Blind in Nashville, Tennessee, where [...]
Spotlight on Nightingale Rag
September 21, 2007
The Nightingale Rag was published by Joseph Lamb in 1915. It is Classic ragtime at its finest. Note: The Illustration contains the name Nightingale Rag but the Sheet Music is titled Ragtime Nightingale. I first heard John Arpin perform the Nightingale Rag on CBC Radio some 25 years ago. I was moved by the lyrical [...]
