Ragtime Nightingale – The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble

Описание: THE ROAD FROM RAGS TO JAZZ (With a Slight Detour via "Classical" Music)
The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble

Side One – THE FIRST DECADE
Harlem Rag (1897)**..........Thomas Turpin
Swipesy – Cakewalk (1900)*..........Scott Joplin–Arthur Marshall
Frog Legs Rag (1906)*..........James Scott
Kinklets – Two-Step (1906)*..........Arthur Marshall
Silver Swan Rag..........Scott Joplin
Grace and Beauty (1907)*..........James Scott

Side Two – THE "CLASSICAL" INFLUENCE
Ojos Criollos (Creole Eyes) (1859)**..........Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Heliotrope Bouquet (1907)**..........Louis Chauvin
Cataract Rag (1914)**..........Robert Hampton
The See'r (1913)..........Charles Ives
Ann Street (1922)..........Charles Ives
Ragtime From "Parade" (1917)..........Erik Satie
Ragtime (1918).........Igor Stravinsky

Side Three – THE "MODERNS" AND JAZZ
Pastime Rag No. 4 – A Slow Drag (1913)**.........Artie Matthews
Charleston Rag (1917)**.........Eubie Blake
Kitten on the Keys (1921)**.........Zez Confrey
Grandpa's Spells (1923)**.........Jelly Roll Morton
Grandpa's Spells (1926)*..........Jelly Roll Morton
Smokehouse Blues (1926)*.........Charles Luke

Side Four – THE FINAL DECADE
Sensation – A Rag (1908)*..........Joseph Lamb
Fig Leaf Rag (1908)..........Scott Joplin
Ophelia Rag (1907)*..........James Scott
Hilarity Rag (1910)*..........James Scott
Ragtime Nightingale (1915)**..........Joseph Lamb

*Edited by Gunther Schuller
**Arranged by Gunther Schuller

PERSONNEL
GUNTHER SCHULLER, conductor
MARY O'REILLY, first violin
ANN OURADA, second violin
VIRGINIA OZZO, viola
BRUCE COPPOCK, cello
EDWIN BARKER, bass
MYRON ROMANUL, piano and cymbalom
LAWRENCE FRIED, drums and percussion
STEPHANIE JUTT, flute and piccolo
BRUCE CREDITOR, clarinet
ROBERT WINIKER, trumpet
THOMAS FOULDS, trombone
ROBERT CARRIKER, tuba
JUDITH BEDFORD, bassoon
LYNDA JACQUIN, oboe
LAWRENCE RAGENT, French horn
JEROME HARRIS, guitar and banjo
SUSAM GRAHAM, French horn (Pastime Rag No. 4 only)