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Eubie Blake’s
Ragtime
Eubie Blake was contemporary with James Scott
and Joseph Lamb but he grew up in Baltimore.
Despite coming from a religious family his early
music career began playing piano in a bordello
and a so called “black and tan” club.
He claimed to have composed Charleston Rag
when he was 12 years old in 1899 but didn’t
commit it to paper until 1915 when he had
learned to write music.
We just have a few of his compositions here and
one Pianola Roll recoding of him playing the
Wang Wang Blues as the basis for a percussion
arrangement. But he is worth including because
his subsequent career as a Broadway Show
composer with Noble Sissle was so influential.
The first Shuffle Along included numbers such
as I’m Just Mad About Harry.
His compositions:
1889 Charleston Rag 1910 Baltimore Todolo - A Rag for Piano 1911 Brittwood Rag 1911 Chevy Chase - A Rag for Piano 1911 Fizz Water - A Rag for Piano Classic RagHis Pianola recording:
1921 Wang Wang Blues
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Copyright: we retain the copy right on our arrangements for public performance or any other commercial application but grant you the right to download it free of charge for your own personal use. Donation: If you enjoy the music I would be grateful if you would make a donation to the charitable Trust Fund run by Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club.
All rights to the contents of this site are retained © 2004-2015 by
Download2MP3 under UK law
DOWNLOAD2MP3*
Eubie Blake’s
Ragtime
Eubie Blake was contemporary with James Scott and Joseph Lamb but he grew up in Baltimore. Despite coming from a religious family his early music career began playing piano in a bordello and a so called “black and tan” club. He claimed to have composed Charleston Rag when he was 12 years old in 1899 but didn’t commit it to paper until 1915 when he had learned to write music. We just have a few of his compositions here and one Pianola Roll recoding of him playing the Wang Wang Blues as the basis for a percussion arrangement. But he is worth including because his subsequent career as a Broadway Show composer with Noble Sissle was so influential. The first Shuffle Along included numbers such as I’m Just Mad About Harry.His compositions:
1889 Charleston Rag 1910 Baltimore Todolo - A Rag for Piano 1911 Brittwood Rag 1911 Chevy Chase - A Rag for Piano 1911 Fizz Water - A Rag for Piano Classic RagHis Pianola recording:
1921 Wang Wang Blues
Donationware - How it works
Copyright: we retain the copy right on our arrangements for public performance or any other commercial application but grant you the right to download it free of charge for your own personal use. Donation: If you enjoy the music I would be grateful if you would make a donation to the charitable Trust Fund run by Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club.
