Simply the best The marvelous Paragon Ragtime Orchestra used to be my favorite, but since acquiring They Tore My Playhouse Down, listening to other rag and jazz recordings usually leads me to pop Bales' and Lingle's masterful cd back in. There's nothing on this recording that strikes a sour note and it's always played at the pace this kind of music was intended for. The sound, the tonal quality, is superior to all my other recordings. This music is rich and listening to it fills me with euphoria.
they called it music Burt Bales and Paul Lingle These two guys play ragtime and Jelly Roll's stuff in a great way.Burt Bales,33 at the recording date,plays a marvelous version of "temptation rag",and pretty solos on Jelly Roll Morton's tunes,but he did better a few years later;try his album issued on Euphonic (LP),and if you don't find it,let me know,I'll give you the right way to order it. Paul Lingle is very different;he played piano behind Al Jolson , started his musical career as a child during world war one,and died in the... more info
Tracks:
Temptation Rag - Burt Bales, Lodge, Henry
Wild Man Blues
Mister Joe
Kansas City Man Blues
Chicago Breakdown
Melancholy
New Orleans Joys - Burt Bales, Morton, Jelly Roll
Midnight Mama
Yellow Dog Blues - Burt Bales, Handy, W.C.
Pastime Rag, No. 3
London Blues
Blame It on the Blues - Burt Bales, Cooke, Charles L.
Memphis Blues
Sweet Substitute
Sidewalk Blues
Black Bottom Stomp - Burt Bales, Morton, Jelly Roll
Related
Sections
