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- Date Released: January 1, 1994
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Classic Jazz, Contemporary
- Label: Delmark
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We Say...
Awarded a 2004 MacArthur Fellowship, Robinson composes original rags that sound like 100-year-old Scott Joplin. He knows where ragtime came from, but also where it went: into the sleek stride piano of Fats Waller and modernism of Earl Hines and Monk.
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They Say...
Ragtime, which had largely died with Scott Joplin in 1917, did not begin a renaissance until Marvin Hamlisch used some of Joplin's compositions as the basis of his soundtrack to The Sting in 1973. Reginald R. Robinson, who coincidentally was born in 1973, quickly emerged not only as one of ragtime's top practitioners of the mid-'90s but (along with David Thomas Roberts) as its top contemporary composer. On his second Delmark release he performs 19 selections including Scott Joplin's "Peacherine Rag," a medley of turn-of-the-century pieces by Charles Johnson and 17 of his own compositions. Robinson does not feel the need to "update" ragtime but he does infuse it with many fresh new melodies and his enthusiasm. He also plays a bit of boogie and stride on this set but, since improvising is not his main forte, the emphasis fortunately is on extending the legacy of Scott Joplin. Ragtime fans should go out of their way to discover Robinson's music.
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| 01. |  |
The Ragtime Pauper |
3:25 |
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| 02. | |
A Masquerade Ball |
3:28 |
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| 03. | |
To Mimic |
1:50 |
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| 04. | |
Lake St. |
2:44 |
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| 05. | |
Dream Natasha |
5:01 |
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| 06. | |
The Conductor |
2:30 |
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| 07. | |
Holly Hock March |
2:40 |
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| 08. | |
Jack Johnson Rag |
2:56 |
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| 09. | |
Sounds In Silhouette |
3:03 |
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| 10. | |
The Ventriloquist |
3:43 |
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| 11. | |
The Champ Rags |
2:33 |
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| 12. | |
Swampy Lee |
2:54 |
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| 13. | |
Peacherine Rag |
3:18 |
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| 14. | |
Sedidus Walk |
2:44 |
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| 15. | |
Little Dave Blues |
4:07 |
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| 16. | |
Charles L. Johnson Medley: Doc Brown's Cakewalk / Dill Pickles |
4:13 |
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| 17. | |
Honor'e Chester |
2:43 |
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| 18. | |
Knuckle Fingers |
1:58 |
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| 19. | |
Lonely Mable |
4:42 |
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19 Total Tracks, 60:32 Total Length
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Credits
- Robert G. Koester - Producer // Robert G. Koester - Album Supervision // Reginald R. Robinson - Piano // Reginald R. Robinson - Main Performer // Al Brandtner - Design // Kate Hoddinott - Art Direction // Fred Burkhart - Photography // Robert S. Baker - Liner Notes // McKinley C. Olson - Photography
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