I spoke with Trebor last night, he was familiar with the roll, though he didn't seem to be aware that it was written specifically for a roll company. He...
I thought Dorothy Rag had been recut back in the 70s-80s. My memory seems to say it was done by Golden Age, Phil Wenker's label. If it was Phil, he likely...
Hello Todd and group, thank you for the nice remarks about the recording. Sure, it's rather understated, but that's part of what makes it so amazing... the ...
What do you mean? there ARE a few recordings extant of Glover Compton. http://www.tradjazzproductions.com/news.html Note the CD release called "Meet Glover...
I would love to hear these other pianologues. As I stated, I had read about them but never knew what they were. They are like smoke painting and lightening...
Actually, Andrew, you will be interested to know that Victor Arden was indeed very active when "The All Played Ragtime" was written. He was the musical...
I agree with Andrew in that I don't think Blesh singled out Arden... but there is no excuse for him not including more about the great novelty players and...
I must say I agree with all three of you, but I object to referring to Thompson and Campbell as "failures", at least musically, Frederick. Yes, Rudi was wrong...
I'll check with Johnny tonight to see it Supertone is definitely the right label. Perhaps he knows of another pseudonym Glenn used as a roll artist -- Glenn...
Well, for that matter, is it right to cast them as "failures" period? Everyone makes choices in life, and many people that some may look at as 'failures'...
I should offer some clarification: I have the greatest respect for Charley Thompson's composition skills, i.e., "The Lily Rag" is a masterpiece. When I say...
Thanks for the clarification. Max. ... skills, i.e., "The Lily Rag" is a masterpiece. ... they were unable to make a career of music in the same way that, say,...
Hello, A bit of a note on Blesh's treatment of novelty pianists and "failure musicians". Blesh's view on novelty piano is outrageous for me as a novelty piano...
my two cents, again (sending me to the poorhouse!) I seriously doubt Blesh intended to write a comprehensive history of popular piano music from the early...
I'm not aware that Richard Riley's Hot rollography is online. I seriously doubt it. It is a great resource. He cataloged recuts going back to some of the...
I've been following the thread on Rudi Blesh and his bashing of Novelty piano. Just to add a little to the discussion, I think we need to keep in mind that the...
Located my copy of Richard Riley's Hot Recut Piano-Rollography and found the following on Dorothy Rag: Dorothy Rag was recut by both Collector's Classics (Don...
Vincent has hit on a number of pertinent issues regarding Rudi Blesh's motives and has written an insightful and articulate essay. Perfessor Bill has a copy...
The San Antonio Ragtime folks have put together a much better and more informative website about our festival: www.saragtime.com And if you'd like to play at...
One thing that Blesh does not really note in TAPR is that Harney was a professional vaudeville showman. I have looked through every issue of the entertainment...
I just started watching a video-tape on the 1958 Harlem jazz photo taken by Art Kane. Imagine my surprise when I saw Lucky Roberts talking and walking around,...
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Thanks, Adam, for supplying a great title for my post Today is the first day of springlike weather we've had, which means everyone and their dog, including me,...
Well, after being away from the internet for almost 2 weeks, I am now back among the living and have a lot of emails to catch up with. I think Campbell was a...
I have always wondered what Joe Lamb would have sounded like in 1920 instead of 1959 while his arteries were hardening as he made those recordings. I can only...
Well, we do have at least some way of finding out about Joe Lamb, at least; I'm sure that his daughter would be more than happy to give us some information on...
For anyone interested in seeing this without buying it, I suggest you check your local library. Speaking of Philly, there are 33 copies available through the...
Frederick (and others interested): Thanks for adding to the perspective on Harney. Outside of the hype, Harney's actual view of his role in the development of...
