![]() In addition to its performances, R4 maintains a collection of rag-related historical items, including more than 5,000 orchestrations, printed music, books, photos, records and artifacts. Look forward to hearing the Joplin standards “The Chrysanthemum,” “Bethena” and “The Magnetic Rag,” as well as the Jelly Roll Morton tune “Sidewalk Blues” among the more than a dozen songs to be performed in St. “This CD is packed with rare treasures, beautifully played.” “The music on this CD has been meticulously researched and is performed to an equally meticulous high standard,” said Mike Durham, writing in Just Jazz, based in London, England. The band features two violins, a viola, cello, flute, clarinet, two cornets, trombone, drums, banjo, piano and tuba, played by Pemberton himself.īased in Tecumseh, near the River Raisin, the R4 has performed all over Michigan and the Midwest, including The Ark and the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Greenfield Village, the Detroit Institute of Art and worked with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.Īmong its eight CDs, the band’s 2006 Ragtime Detroit! explores the city and state’s contributions to ragtime and features hit rags like “Creole Belles” and “Dill Pickles” as well as previously unrecorded ragtime rarities. The ticket price includes an appetizer afterglow at the Anchor Point Bistro in Riverview Plaza, just east of the church. Pre-show tickets are available at Student tickets are $6 and available only at the door. Tickets are $40 per family and $20 per individual. ![]() Clair Cultural Series are sponsoring the event. Paul Shafer, the former musical director at St. in the First United Methodist Church, 415 North Third Street, St. The band will perform - and talk about ragtime and its history - on Sunday, July 16 at 5 p.m. They have happily brought back to life many great rags and other tunes that still have the power to please.Chances are that you’ll find no better introduction to or expression of ragtime than to experience a performance by the 13-piece River Raisin Ragtime Revue under the direction of William Pemberton. Some other tunes from this musical menagerie are Rooster Rag, Grizzly Bear Rag, Teasing the Cat, Animal Fair, Elephant Rag, Kitten on the Keys, Honky Tonky Money Rag and many others.Īnother fine recording by the River Raisin Ragtime Revue, the listener is offered a view of a simpler and less jaded world. There are some transcriptions including an arrangement of a 1917 recording of Tiger Rag transcribed by Wycliffe Gordon and an arrangement of Alligator Crawl transcribed from Louis Armstrong’s famous 1927 “Hot Five” recordings. ![]() ![]() Most of the composers of these tunes have been relegated to obscurity but some of the more well-known musicians include Fats Waller, Joseph Lamb and James Reese Europe. This is all projected with wonderful musical precision and spirited playing. The program captures the spirit of that early period with the ragtime repertoire and its rollicking gaiety, animal sounds, and general silliness. This latest recording by the River Raisin Ragtime Revue is a fun-filled CD of 21 Rags and popular dance tunes from the first two decades of the last century along with one original composition, Warthog Sride (2013), by the group’s pianist, Catherine McMichael. William Pemberton Director and tuba, Clark Irwin trumpet, Robert Lindahl trombone, Chaterine McMichael piano, Rod McDonald banjo, Andre Dowell percussion, Priscilla Johnson, Barbara Sturgis-Everett violins, Susan Schreiber viola, Irina Tikhonova cello, Laura Wyman flute. River Raisin Ragtime Revue, Animal Fair: Ragtime Music for Children and the Young at Heart.
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