Various Artists - Century of Ragtime: 1897-1997 / Various - Jazz - CD

Annotated and coproduced by Joplin scholar Richard Zimmerman, this 2-CD retrospective of rag traces it from the old masters to its present day exponents.

Among the solo performances are Charleston Rag; Stars and Stripes Forever Eubie Blake; the Ragtime Dance; Scott Joplin's New Rag Joshua Rifkin; the Entertainer; Rags to Burn Richard Zimmerman, and the Easy Winners-A Ragtime Two Step; Pickles and Peppers (A Rag Oddity) Max Morath.

Ragtime orchestras and ensembles from coast to coast and generation to generation are also included in this 38-track 'rags to rags' story.