Music Box Rag

Cory Hall....my favorite rag time piano man.....plays Music Box Rag by Luckey Roberts

Cory Hall says.......Charles Luckeyeth Roberts, better known as "Luckey" Roberts, lived from 1887-1968. In 1910 he became the leading pianist in Harlem and began composing rags. The Music Box Rag comes from 1913. With James P. Johnson, Roberts developed the "stride" piano style in about 1919. An astute businessman, Roberts became a millionaire twice through real estate dealings (Wikipedia).

As I often do, I added some of my own "trademarks" in this rag, such as playing the LH an octave lower and RH and octave higher on repeats. I also add a boogie woogie bass in the third statement of the "A" section as well as several glissandi. To conclude, I couldn't resist tacking on my own delightful little ending that adds a spice of dry humor.

Titanic.....

www.belfasthistory.net/titanic.html

The Titanic sank, with the loss of 1503 passengers and crew, on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg

Introducing the 1910's. The 1910's was a decade of entertainment, science, technology, fads and many more! Some popular interests in the second decade were, going to the movies, a dance craze called the Tango, and The Saturday Evening Post. People also enjoyed the abstract work of Picasso and Matisse. A different type of artist people enjoyed was Stravinsky. In the years before WWI, there was enormous confidence science and technology. For as long as many people could remember, inventors had produced one wonder after another,and there seemed no reason why this should not go on forever. Then in 1912 came a disaster, and shook this confidence, the sinking of the Titanic.


The Sinking of the Titanic


The Titanic was the unsinkable ship, so they said. On April 14, 1912 enormous icebergs were sighted in the direct path of the Titanic, but little did they know one of the icebergs was going to kill the majority of them. By 11:40 p.m. the iceberg had then done the damage, by scraping the edge. The Titanic's bow was under at 2:17am . Seeing chaos all over and panicked faces was a tragedy its self. At three am the Titanic had totally vanished. Newspaper headlines were screaming again and were ubiquitous. The sinking of the Titanic was a major event of the second decade.





Facts about the Titanic
Capacity was 3,547 people
Length was 882.9 feet
Width was 92.5 feet
Wieght was 46,328 tons
There were 20 life boats
705 people survived

Maple Leaf Rag...one of the songs on the White Star musical playlist.
Performed by Cory Hall..BachScholar....

Ragtime Piano Player- Humoresque- A. Dvorak- Ragtime Style

This is Mark Chang playing a ragtime piano version of the classic piece Humoresque by Antonin Dvorak. Hope you enjoy it. If you like ragtime and jazz piano please see his other videos too. Mark Chang- solo pianoRecorded Feb. 15, 2008 in Davis, CA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Lvv6dthds

Bohemia Rag....

This is a wonderful performance of a great Joseph Lamb rag....


Thank you John.....

Por Una Cabeza

"Por una cabeza",
meaning "by a head [of a horse]"
Wow what a famous song. This is a tune used in one of my favorite movies
..SCENT OF A WOMAN...
Carlos Gardel was a very famous latin baritone that wrote and sang this song. Carlos was loved throughout the world. Claimed by Argentina as a son and also Uruguay and France. Carlos was killed in an airplane crash in the early
1930's. He is still loved and idolized in latin america today.



This video is actually Carlos Gardel singing Por Una Cabeza. It is song about a man that loves horse racing and loves women like he loves the horse race.



I also include this clip of the tango from the movie Scent of a Women where they tango to Por Una Cabeza.The Tango dance scene from the movie Scent Of A Woman (1992) where Pacino plays a blind retired Lieutenant Colonel. This is the only time when Al received his Oscar.
The music is "Por una cabeza" by Carlos Gardel and the girl dancing is Gabrielle Anwar

Schindlers List....

Ragtime Nightingale......

The 16th Bohem Ragtime & Jazz Festival in Kecskemet, Hungary in March 2007 was one of John Arpin's last appearances. John passed away 6 months later of cancer. Here he was weak but vivid and his playing is marvellous as ever. He performs Joe Lamb's Ragtime Nightingale.

Joseph Lamb
In terms of his legacy, Lamb's rags are still among the most played by those who are both discovering ragtime and those who have performed for a lifetime. Running with the best ideas of Joplin, he was able to develop even longer phrases throughout each section, with intricate harmonic balance in his chord progressions, and innovative use of inner melodic lines and complex syncopations as well. That he did so with as little musical training as he had, in addition to having grown up isolated from the mainstream of ragtime output and performance, makes his work all that more extraordinary. Lamb was also able to shape some fine songs and non-ragtime pieces. However, he will best be remembered by his ragtime output, a passion which kept him composing nearly to the end of his life.