| Title |
Date |
Arranger |
Composer |
Audio
Sample Dialup / Broadband |
|
The
Cannon Ball |
1905 |
Tobani |
Joseph
Northup |
|
|
|
The
Mooche |
1929 |
Van
Eps/Wiseman |
Duke
Ellington |
|
|
Hyena
Stomp |
1927 |
Schoebel |
Jelly
Roll Morton |
|
|
Wall
Street Rag |
1909 |
Wiseman |
Scott
Joplin |
|
|
Hen
Cackle Rag |
1912 |
Charles
L. Johnson |
Charles
L. Johnson |
|
|
Solace |
1908 |
Wiseman |
Scott
Joplin |
|
|
Birmingham
Breakdown |
Duke
Ellington |
|
|
||
Bethena |
1905 |
Wiseman |
Scott
Joplin |
|
|
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From
Joplin to Jelly Roll
Part
One: The Ragtime Craze
This program focuses on the early development the ragtime style, and its evolution in the early twentieth century.
Maple
Leaf Rag |
Scott
Joplin |
 |
La
Paloma |
Sebastian
Yradier |
|
Clorindy
Selection |
Will
Marion Cook |
|
Hands
across the sea |
John
Philip Sousa |
|
The
Ragtime Dance |
Scott
Joplin |
|
Melody
in F |
Anton
Rubinstein |
|
Melody
Rag |
Charles
L. Johnson |
|
Admiration
|
William
H. Tyers |
|
Hen
Cackle Rag |
Charles
L. Johnson |
|
Intermission |
||
London
Blues |
Jelly Roll Morton | |
In
my harem |
Irving Berlin | |
Bethena |
Scott Joplin | |
Elite
Syncopations |
Scott Joplin | |
The
Cannon Ball |
Joseph Northup | |
Dream
Days |
Charles L. Johnson | |
Feedin'
the Kitty |
Roy Bargy | |
Wall
Street Rag |
Scott Joplin | |
Nickel
in the Slot |
“Zez” Confrey | |
Part Two: Dawn of the Blues Era
This program features precursors of early blues pieces and explores their influence on composers of the 1920s, including Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton.
| Tin Roof Blues | N.O. Rhythm Kings | |
| One o’ them things! | Chapman & Smith | |
| The Memphis Blues | W.C. Handy | |
| The Chevy Chase | Eubie Blake | |
| Castle's Half and Half | James Reese Europe | |
| The Castle House Rag | James Reese Europe | |
| Fizz water | Eubie Blake | |
| Mister Jelly-Lord | Jelly Roll Morton | |
| Copenhagen | Charlie Davis | |
Intermission |
||
| The Jelly Roll Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | |
| Crazy Blues | Perry Bradford | |
| Roodles | Joe Sanders | |
| Dead Man Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | |
| Midnight Mamma | Jelly Roll Morton | |
| Wild Man Blues | Morton & Armstrong | |
| Birmingham Break Down | Duke Ellington | |
| Black & tan fantasy | Duke Ellington | |
| Billy Goat Stomp | Jelly Roll Morton | |
Part
Three: The Jazz Age Begins
This program features a wide variety of music from the 1920s that influenced, and was influenced by, the new “Jazz” idiom. It includes music by Paul Whiteman, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin.
| A Song of India | Rimsky-Korsakoff / Grofe | |
| Sidewalk Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | |
| The Castle Walk | James Reese Europe | |
| Maori | Will Tyers | |
| Pastime #5 | Artie Matthews | |
| Shim-me-sha-wabble | Spencer Williams | |
| Soda Fountain Rag | Duke Ellington | |
| Chicago Breakdown | Jelly Roll Morton | |
| Harlem Rhythm Dance | Clarence Williams | |
Intermission |
||
| It all belongs to me | Irving Berlin | |
| Pagan Love Song | Nacio Herb Brown | |
| Pack up your sins.... | Irving Berlin | |
| Nashville Nightingale | George Gershwin | |
| I wish I could shimmy... | Armand Piron | |
| Get Lucky | Roy Bargy | |
| Puttin' on the Ritz | Irving Berlin | |
| The Mooche | Duke Ellington | |
| Hyena Stomp | Jelly Roll Morton | |
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