### Clue: Place in dive restricted pianist (6)
### Answer: JOPLIN 
 ### Explanation: Definition: pianist
 PL(abbrev. for "place", as in a mailing address) **contained in**(in) "joint"(a dive, a disreputable nightclub, say) **minus its last letter**(restricted).
Answer: Scott, African-American pianist and composer, the King of Ragtime Writers.