[Dixielandjazz] Ragtime with horns

[Roger Wade]

In George Avakian's liner notes for Bunk Johnson's "The Last  
Testament of a Great Jazzman", he wrote: "All the performances were  
improvised along lines dictated by Bunk, except for the rags, which  
came from the 'Red Back Book of Rags' - standard equipment for all  
New Orleans bands.  Of the rags, Bunk said: 'This music is hot as  
written...Play it as written.'"

The arrangements sound similar to the Schuller sides but without the  
violins and obviously played by jazzmen.

Roger Wade
Really Old Records
www.reallyoldrecords.com
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On Jul 21, 2006, at 9:52 PM, Dick Miller wrote:

> DJMLers:
>
> For a classical-style take on Joplin rags with horns, check out  
> anything
> by the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble, led by world- 
> renowned
> ragtime expert Gunther Schuller, or the group formed by the alumni  
> of that
> group. Their first (and best, IMHO) was "The Red Back Book." I  
> think it
> was released in the mid-'70s.
>
> --Dick Miller