Yes, it IS very tedious. As for the timing problem, since I only did the rolls I really like enough to invest the time, I knew the music well enough and had...
... , Charlie Cees? Wouldn't be Charlie Kunz by any chance, would it? (You have him in your honky-tonk LP list, Bill). The LPs I have are The Magic of Charlie...
All right... this is your last chance to weigh in on the ES Live broadcast schedule. Right now, it looks like Wednesday works for the most people. If you...
act fast! There's only 4 votes separating the leading contenders.. (those being the first 4 days of the week...) And only 1 between the leader and the day in...
Hi, Bob. Yes! Elite Syncopations is a 24-hour ragtime internet radio station that I operate at: http://www.ragtimeradio.org Anyone with a high-speed internet...
Bryan.... Got a chance to go in and listen to Joe Jordan and Joe Lamb on your radio. I need to spend more time navigating the site because I was getting...
Hi Bob. This is the same show that for much of the time this group has been active has had weekly notices on until recently, complete with links to a chat room...
... I'm very unqualified to answer the question, but given my boundless chutzpah (hey, it's gotten me this far), I'll try anyway. What I do is try to identify...
Hi all, If anyone has access to a copy of this work, I'd very much appreciate hearing from you. It seems to be impossible to find in New Zealand, and I'm...
Just received a copy of from my exchange library of "William Bolcom Piano Rags" (1991, Marks) ($12.95) distrib. Hal Leonard, 78 pages, that contains 8 ...
You're kidding, right? That's not a question you expect to hear of a Pulitzer Prize winning composer with 3 Grammys... Let's just say we've heard of the guy,...
Is he any good? He has so many classics, both of his recorded performances and his pieces, that he can't be ignored. Sorta won a couple of great awards here...
Looking for a song called "Remembering You" (1971) by Roger Kellaway and Carroll O'Connor. It was used as the closing theme for "All in the Family" -- the ...
Phil, I found this a couple years ago with great difficulty and will look for it when I get home. The music I bought, however, is not arranged as you hear...
Years ago, I worked as MC in a NY piano jazz club. Roger appeared there. He did the tune every night and it sounded the same as on TV. The only thing about...
Hi, All. Well, according to the poll, it looks like a toss-up between Wednesdays and Thursdays for the live broadcasts. I already have plans for tonight...
Agree. I used to watch reruns and wait for the closing credits so I could hear the song. On certain episodes, the credits would run longer and they'd go into...
There is a feature story with a picture of the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra in the Wall Steet Journal. The reporter sits in on at the recording session and talks...
The story of how Rick stumbled upon the library of Arthur Pryor is an extraordinary one. And so is the fact that he was kicked out of the Julliard School for...
William Bolcom is one of this country's premier composers, who works as comfortably in the 'vintage pop' realm as he does modern classical music. Since the...
There was a time, back in the 70s, when that, along with The Entertainer, and a few other tunes, were sort of 'must haves' for the average joe with a player...
I own two vinyl discs of Bolcom playing rags (piano solo), both on the Nonesuch label. The playing is really first class. One disc, copyright 1971, is called...
Agree! Agree! When I was a kid, I had no interest in any of the thousands of rolls with black boxes stacked in every corner of the house, but the red QRS...
After about 50 hours of surfing the web -- checking out the "new" music web stores and the used book stores on the web I have located a book with "Remembering...
May 26, 2009 is the next Ragtime Rally and we are looking for performers and ideas for programs. Got a second to shoot me an email about a topic or program...
Since it's been a while since the last ES Radio live broadcast, I thought I'd just send out a reminder e-mail that we'll be having a 2- hour broadcast on ES...
Oops! I forgot to mention that the 8:00 start time for the ES broadcast is EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME! So, if you happen to be in Iowa, California, Idaho, Texas,...