Kerry Mills Scott Joplin John Philip Sousa - 1904 St Louis Worlds Fair Meet Me At The Fair (19 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Kerry Mills, Scott Joplin, John Philip Sousa
1904 St. Louis World's Fair: Meet Me At The Fair
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis, song - Joplin
2. The Entertainer, for piano - Sousa
3. The Liberty Bell, march for band - Turpin
4. St. Louis Rag, for band - Rosey
5. A Rag-Time Skedaddle, march & cake-walk - Scott
6. On the Pike, rag for piano - Hayden
7. Sunflower Slow Drag, ragtime two-step for piano (collaboration with Sco - Bennett
8. St. Louis Tickle, rag - Joplin
9. The Favorite, ragtime two-step for piano - Ryder
10. St. Louis Exposition March - Bennett
11. Strolling 'Long The Pike - Mills
12. At a Georgia Camp Meeting, song - Joplin
13. The Cascades, rag for piano - Joplin
14. Peacherine Rag, for piano - Turpin
15. Harlem Rag, for piano - Moret
16. Hiawatha Rag - Powell
17. Funny Folks - Sousa, John Philip
18. The Stars and Stripes Forever, march for band - Mills
19. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis, song

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All Artists: Kerry Mills, Scott Joplin, John Philip Sousa, Tom [1] Turpin, George Rosey, James [Conductor] Scott, Theron C. Bennett, Fred L. Ryder, Harry / Feist, Felix F. Bennett, Neil Moret, William C. Polla, Rick Benjamin, Dave Kerr, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, New Century Ragtime Orchestra, Trebor Jay Tichenor, 'Perfessor' Bill Edwards
Title: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair: Meet Me At The Fair
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Gaslight
Release Date: 7/20/2004
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Jazz, Nostalgia, Marches, Oldies, Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 702783510225

CD Reviews

A Sampling of Ragtime Favorites

Gary F. Taylor | Biloxi, MS USA | 05/08/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Released in 2004, MUSIC OF THE 1904 ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR: MEET ME AT THE FAIR is precisely that--a sampling of music you might have heard at that event, all of it the popular style of the day: ragtime. This not, however, a vintage recording; both performers and technology are modern. 'Perfesser' Bill Edwards does most of the honors, with nine tracks to his credit; others include Trebor Tichenor, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, The New Century Ragtime Orchestra, and The New Columbian Brass Band.

Of particular interest is a version of "Meet Me In St. Louis" taken from a vintage piano roll, sharp-toned and jaunty. But much the same terms can be used to describe every selection; ragtime possessed a quality that in its time was sometimes described as "the devil's music" in much the same way that rock and roll was described in the 1960s. The tempos are strict, but the play of music is enlivening, to say the least.

"Meet Me In St. Louis" and "Stars and Stripes" aside, the best known selection on the recording is by far Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"--and Joplin, easily the most famous name in ragtime, is represented four times more with "The Favorite, "The Cascades," "The Peacherine Rag," and my own favorite among his works, "The Sunflower Slow Drag."

Modern listeners may find the strictness of the ragtime style a bit too formal for their tastes, but if you are interested in exploring the style you couldn't do better than this particular sampling, with each piece played to perfection. Recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer"