THAT DEMON RAG!

PARAGON RAGTIME ORCHESTRA

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Muslin Rag (One Step, 1918)
Melancholy Baby (Two Step, 1912)
That Hindu Rag (Novelty, 1910)
A Cakewalk Contest (1899)
The Favorite (Two Step, 1904)
Shadow Time (Reverie, 1913)
Ragtime Travisty on "Il Trovatore" (1914)
Ghost Dance (Descriptive, 1911)
The Bullfrog Blues (Fox Trot, 1916)
Bombs & Bullets: An Explosion in Ragtime (1915)
Smiles and Chuckles (One Step, 1917)
The Dallas Blues (1912)
That Demon Rag! (Two Step, 1912)
Chevy Chase Foxtrot (1914)
Great Scott Rag (Two Step, 1909)
The Booster: An American Absurdity (1913)
Palm Leaf Rag (1903)
Spirit of Independence (March, 1912)
They Didn't Believe Me (Fox Trot, 1914)
Muslin Rag (Reprise)

NOTES

Orchestrations from the Arthur Pryor Collection, performance editions prepared by Rick Benjamin.

Recorded at Merkin Hall in New York City, March 2 and 3, 1992.

Cover photo of "Lucy the Margate Elephant" (Margate, NJ).

Vintage instruments:
B-flat/A cornet by Henry Distin, Williamsport, Pennsylvania c. 1886.
B-flat/A cornet by H.N. White, Cleveland, Ohio c.1895.
Slide trombone by F.E. Olds, Los Angeles, California c. 1912.
Drum set by Albert Houdlett, New York City, c. 1910.

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