[Dixielandjazz] Horns on rags

[Ivor Jones]

Hi Bob,

I have in my collection of Ragtime Cds, as well as Schuller's New England 
Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble & Sponhaltz's The Southland Stingers playing 
the Red Back Book as previously mentioned, and the New Orleans Ragtime Orch. 
but also The London Ragtime Orchestra (1991 ) 'Easy Winners' , the English 
Royal Ballet Orchestra ( would you believe) playing 14 rags 'Elite 
Syncopations' also Chris Barber a CD with the same title  'Elite 
Syncopations', A French outfit called Concert Arban, playing 'Le Ragtime' 
also the New England Ragtime Ensemble  led by Schuller, titled 'The Art of 
The Rag', not to mention Rick Benjamin's The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. I'm 
sure that there are many more Orchestras/ Ensembles playing rags. Some good, 
some not so good but worth listening to. A stroll through 'Stomp Off's' 
catalogue will reveal more Ragtime Orchestras if anybody is interested.

Ivor Jones

From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Horns on rags


> Marcel Joly wrote:
>
>> To my big surprise no one mentioned yet the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra 
>> (with Bill Russell on the violin), probably the most authentic approach 
>> to how rags were played by full bands in old New Orleans. They used the 
>> scores by John Robichaux, contemporary of Buddy Bolden. Some of their 
>> recordings are on CD on Arhoolie and GHB. In my opinion they are much 
>> closer to the original sound than all the bands that were mentioned!
> (snip)
>
> How about the Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra?  They play at the Cajun in NYC 
> every Thursday night and will be doing a tour, coming out west in Sept.
>
> --Bob Ringwald
> --
> Leader Fulton Street Jazz Band
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