Author: RsH
Date: Oct 25, 2007 13:20
... is acknowledged by virtually every history of ragtime I've ever read. Practically everyone who's made commercial recordings of ragtime piano has recorded some of his rags (and often the 'Charleston Rag'). Add to that the fact that he lived longer than any other ragtime pianist from the original ragtime era, and continued performing into his 90s (whichever birthdate is correct), ...
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