Ragtime J*** Recommendations?!

Posted by: the other nickc on 25 February 2003

Went to Disneyland Paris at the Weekend. They had a great Jazz Band playing what I can only describe as 'Woody Allen' type 20's/30's Ragtime Jazz. The Wife, my three year old daughter and myself were quite taken with it. Could anyone recommend any good CD's?

Posted on: 26 February 2003 by JRHardee

Speaking of Woody Allen, the soundtrack from "Sweet and Lowdown" is very good, and it's in the vein you're thinking of, but a bit mellower and more guitar intensive. The movie is fun as well.
I have a 2-CD set of the complete rags of Scott Joplin from the Musical Heritage Society, also very good, and it spans a surprisingly wide gamut of emotions. There are bound to be other versions available.
Keep an eye out for Louis Armstrong and the Hot Five and the Hot Seven, as well as Django Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France--less brass-and-banjo than what you probably heard at Mouseworld, but along the same lines

Posted on: 27 February 2003 by the other nickc

Thanks for the recommedations guys, they sound like the kind of thing i'm looking for.

Richard N
Thinking of doing a States trip in few years time. New Orleans is definately on the list!

nick

Posted on: 27 February 2003 by --duncan--

Louis Armstrong - Complete hot fives and hot sevens recordings. 4 CD's of some of the greatest, most joyous music of the twentieth century. 1920's rather than Ragtime, but I think this is the kind of thing you are after. The JSP set is cheaper and is said to have better transfers than the Columbia box, but doesn't have the deluxe packaging.

duncan

Email: djcritchley at hotmail.com