They All Played Ragtime - The True Story of an American Music (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781443731522)

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
ISBN-10: 1443731528
ISBN-13: 9781443731522
Publisher: Nelson Press
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2008
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d