They All Played Ragtime - The True Story of an American Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781406773262)

Blesh published They All Played Ragtime as first major scholarly work on ragtime music in 1950, which sparked a ragtime revival. He founded Circle Records in 1946, which recorded new material from aging early jazz musicians as well as the Library of Congress recordings of Jelly Roll Morton. He sparked renewed interest in the music of Joseph Lamb, James P. Johnson, and Eubie Blake, among others.

Author: Rudi Blesh, Harriet Janis
ISBN-10: 1406773263
ISBN-13: 9781406773262
Publisher: Nelson Press
Language: English
Published: 09/20/2007
Pages: 388
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.86d