You will find many new favorites here including the opening and closing pieces - Woody English's Instantaneous Rag and Karl King's Kentucky Sunrise . Of particular historic interest is the 1918 Dallas arrangement of War Bride Blues . The title tune is Lewis Muir's great ragtime one-step. I actually prefer the band arrangements of the rags to the piano versions. Hearing all of the parts is quite thrilling after years of the simplified piano arrangements.
Liner notes are complete and very informative.
Subscription Info Most of the music on this compact disc is band ragtime that was written during the first two decades of this century when ragtime was the craze, even at circus performances, or was composed in such style by Steven Kent Goodman, the guest conductor of the Los Angeles Pierce College Symphonic Winds. It has been said that jazz would not have developed without the syncopation of ragtime, and this is a correct evaluation to a certain extent, as syncopation does not belong exclusively to the ragtime idiom for it has been prevalent throughout music history. In any event, the music on this compact disc is quite delightful the way it is expertly and authentically played by this large symphonic winds group. One can almost picture the various circus performers making their grand entrance and marching around the ring underneath the big top. At age 16, Lampe because first violinist with the Minneapolis Symhony Orchestra.