More Ragtime!
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:11 am
Since we have Max Morath up there, here's two more good documentaries on Ragtime:
First, a PROJECT 20 Doc from 1960 hosted by Hoagy Carmichael called THOSE RAGTIME YEARS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hMNAyErh4A&t=1847s
and a 1977 CBC Doc called THEY ALL PLAYED RAGTIME, based on the book of the same title by Rudi Blesh (he's also interviewed) and featuring Max Morath, Eubie Blake, my friend ian Whitcomb, Richard Zimmerman, Terry Waldo, Lou Busch (aka Joe "Fingers" Carr) Dick Wellstood and others:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIoPWfg7QS0&t=2014s
Tap your toes. Enjoy.
RICHARD M ROBERTS
First, a PROJECT 20 Doc from 1960 hosted by Hoagy Carmichael called THOSE RAGTIME YEARS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hMNAyErh4A&t=1847s
and a 1977 CBC Doc called THEY ALL PLAYED RAGTIME, based on the book of the same title by Rudi Blesh (he's also interviewed) and featuring Max Morath, Eubie Blake, my friend ian Whitcomb, Richard Zimmerman, Terry Waldo, Lou Busch (aka Joe "Fingers" Carr) Dick Wellstood and others:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIoPWfg7QS0&t=2014s
Tap your toes. Enjoy.
RICHARD M ROBERTS