On The Boardwalk

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Download links and information about On The Boardwalk by Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Rick Benjamin. This album was released in 1986 and it belongs to Jazz genres. It contains 22 tracks with total duration of 01:00:50 minutes.



Artist:	Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Rick Benjamin
Release date:	1986
Genre:	Jazz
Tracks:	22
Duration:	01:00:50

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Tracks

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No.	Title	Length
1.	Chatterbox Rag	2:04
2.	The Memphis Blues	3:09
3.	George M. Cohan Medley	2:53
4.	Paragon Raf	3:50
5.	Hear of America	2:50
6.	Made in America	1:55
7.	In the Hills of Old Kentucky	2:39
8.	Aggravation Rag	2:43
9.	Slippery Hank	2:02
10.	On the Level You're a Little Devil	3:22
11.	An Operatic Nightmare: Desecration Rag, no. 2	3:48
12.	Snookums Rag	2:48
13.	Mr. Black Man	2:20
14.	Kentucky Home	2:38
15.	That Epidemic Rag	2:29
16.	Under the Mellow Arabian Moon	2:48
17.	That Eccentric Rag	3:05
18.	Black and White Rag	2:08
19.	"Old Timers' Waltz Medley	4:27
20.	The St. Louis Rag	2:27
21.	On Jersey Shore	2:25
22.	Chatterbox Rag	2:00

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Although ragtime is primarily thought of as music played by solo pianists, during the ragtime era there were many orchestras that performed the lively syncopated style using full orchestrations. In 1985, educator Rick Benjamin accidentally discovered most of the Arthur Pryor Orchestra's existing library (which was about to be thrown away) and formed the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra in order to bring the music back to life. In addition to a string quintet, the band uses two cornets, a trombone, two clarinets, a flute, tuba, string bass, drums, and percussion on this CD, its recording debut. The colorful charts range from Scott Joplin and W.C. Handy to obscurities, pop tunes of the era, a "George M. Cohan Medley," and "An Operatic Nightmare: Desecration Rag No. 2." This is delightful and timeless music that was almost permanently lost.