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ragtime

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Description

Ragtime is a syncopated, piano-driven style that emerged from African American communities in the late 1890s, characterized by its "ragged" rhythmic patterns that place melodic accents against a steady march-like bass. The music creates a jaunty, optimistic feeling through its distinctive bounce and mathematical precision, evoking turn-of-the-century dance halls and parlors. Though rooted in a specific historical era, ragtime's playful syncopation has influenced countless later genres and continues to be revived by contemporary artists.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
8		1922	James P. Johnson	Blue Boogie: Boogie Woogie, Stride And The Piano Blues
77		1950	Jelly Roll Morton	As Artist	jazz
21		1955	Jelly Roll Morton	The Compositions of Jelly Roll Morton 1923-1941	blues jazz ragtime rhythm and blues
66		1956	James P. Johnson	The Original James P. Johnson 1942-1945	blues jazz piano jazz ragtime
56		1964	Dave Van Ronk	Ragtime Jug Stompers	americana banjo male vocalists oldies ragtime	banjo # 47
28		1965	Joshua Rifkin	Baroque Beatles Book	ragtime
34		1965	Warsaw Stompers	New Orleans Stompers	jazz polish ragtime
25		1967	Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime Piano Solo	ragtime
46		1967	Jelly Roll Morton	The Very Best of Jelly Roll Morton	jazz ragtime
94		1968	Marvin Hamlisch	The Sting	ragtime soundtrack
41		1969	E. Power Biggs	Joplin Super Hits	jazz jazz piano piano ragtime
96		1970	Fletcher Henderson	Fletcher Henderson - Ken Burns' Jazz	big band blues jazz oldies ragtime	big band # 30
3		1971	Scott Joplin	Original Rag	ragtime
70		1971	Scott Joplin	Rag Time Piano Roll	ragtime
88		1972	Scott Joplin	Ragtime With Scott Joplin	blues jazz piano jazz ragtime rnb soul	piano jazz # 21
85		1973	Fats Waller	Fats Waller	jazz
83		1974	Scott Joplin	Elite Syncopations	ragtime
1		1975	Dale Miller	Contemporary Ragtime Guitar	acoustic ragtime
6		1975-04	Itzhak Perlman/André Previn	Joplin: The Easy Winner & Other Rag-Time Music	improvisation instrumental ragtime
54		1976	Andrew Gold	Halloween Howls - Fun & Scary Music	abstract hip hop alternative ambient art pop art rock bebop big band black metal blues blues rock boom bap chamber folk chamber pop conscious hip hop contemporary rnb country dark ambient death metal disco doom metal dream pop drone dub edm electronic emo exotica experimental rock folk folk rock funk gangsta rap garage rock gothic rock hard rock heavy metal horrorcore house idm industrial musique concrete noise noise rock pop ragtime rhythm and blues rock rock n roll rockabilly skramz slowcore soul space rock spoken word swing trap vocal jazz witch house	musique concrete # 19
53		1976	Zez Confrey	Piano Rolls	ragtime
93		1976	Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime	ragtime
7		1978	Harry Reser	Harry Reser's Six Jumping Jacks: 1926-1930	ragtime
38		1978	Scott Joplin	Scott Joplin's Ragtime - Scott Kirby	ragtime
86		1980	Joshua Rifkin	The Entertainer The Very Best Of Scott Joplin	ragtime
18		1983	Jazzou Jones	Hilarity	ragtime
20		1983	Jean-Pierre Rampal	Plays Scott Joplin	ragtime
23		1983	Scott Joplin	And The Band Played On	ragtime
26		1983	Marco Fumo	Piano in Rag	ragtime
95		1983	Daniel Johnston	More Songs Of Pain	indie rock ragtime
15		1983	George Hicks	George Hicks, Ragtime: Tickled Pink
65		1985	Claude Bolling	Ragtime Boogie-Woogie Jazz Classics	ragtime
31		1987	Scott Joplin	Piano Rolls	ragtime
90		1987	Blind Blake	Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker	blues
13		1987-07	Scott Joplin	Scott Joplin Piano Rags (feat. piano: Joshua Rifkin)	ragtime
50		1988	James P. Johnson	Carolina Shout	ragtime
59		1988	Dick Wellstood	Ragtime Piano Favorites	ragtime
92		1988	Scott Joplin	The Scott Joplin Collection	ragtime jazz
27		1989	Scott Joplin	Ragtime Music of Scott Joplin & George Gershwin	ragtime
61		1990	Scott Joplin	King Of Ragtime	instrumental jazz oldies piano ragtime
67		1991	Max Morath	The World Of Scott Joplin	piano ragtime
72		1991-09-06	Scott Joplin	Greatest Hits	ragtime
82		1993	Doop	Doop	new orleans ragtime	new orleans # 15
42		1993	George Gershwin	World's Greatest Piano Rags	jazz piano ragtime
43		1993	Benny Carter	Benny Carter In Europe, 1936-1937
32		1994	Scott Joplin	Scott Joplin's Piano Rags	ragtime
52		1994	Bessie Smith	Alexander's Ragtime Band	ragtime
75		1994-09-27	Richard Zimmerman	The Roots of Ragtime	ragtime
24		1995	Richard Zimmerman	Scott Joplin's Greatest Hits	ragtime
37		1995	La Vella Dixieland	Ragtime	jazz ragtime swing
76		1996	Fats Waller	Greatest Hits	jazz rhythm and blues
11		1997	Scott Joplin	Scott Joplin: His Complete Works (disc 1) (Richard Zimmerman)	ragtime
49		1997	Scott Joplin	Scott Joplin Collection	ragtime
51		1997	Morten Gunnar Larsen	Ragtime And Rhapsody	ragtime
62		1997	Scott Joplin	Scott Joplin: His Greatest Hits - Richard Zimmerman Piano	ragtime
78		1998	Jean-20 Huguenin	Solo Raye	ragtime folk guitar virtuoso switzerland	switzerland # 36
30		1998	Chris Calabrese	Ragtime at the Magical Kingdoms	ragtime
48		1999	Scott Joplin	The Very Best Of Scott Joplin	ragtime
22		1999-12	Zez Confrey	CONFREY: Piano Music	ragtime
80		1999-12	Zez Confrey	CONFREY : Piano Music	ragtime
58		2000	Squeek Steele	Old West Saloon Piano, Vol. 1		western # 9
97		2003	Scott Joplin	Piano Rags	ragtime piano
64		2003	Various Artists	The Greatest Ragtime Of The Century: Classic Ragtime, Blues And Stomps; Solos From Rare Piano Rolls
87		2003-05-13	Eubie Blake	Memories of You	jazz ragtime
69		2003-10-20	Bix Beiderbecke	The Bix Beiderbecke Story	jazz ragtime
36		2004	Various Artists	Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book / Elite Syncopations	ragtime
68		2004	La Vella Dixieland	Hot Time	jazz ragtime swing
98		2004	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	ragtime
60		2005	Scott Joplin	Original rags	ragtime
79		2006	La Vella Dixieland	25 Anys	jazz ragtime swing traditional jazz	traditional jazz # 81
12		2006	Hobo Jazz	Old Lester's Speakeasy	acoustic female vocalists ragtime
16		2006	Winifred Atwell	Black And White Rag	ragtime
81		2006-05-23	The Ditty Bops	Moon Over the Freeway	folk
10		2007	Cédric Vuille	#804 Center Street	americana avant-prog oregon switzerland	avant-prog # 33 switzerland # 61 oregon # 92
73		2008	Derek Paravicini	Echoes of the Sounds to Be	jazz piano ragtime solo piano	solo piano # 23
29		2009	Dallas Wind Symphony	Strictly Sousa	ragtime
44		2009	Big Rude Jake	Quicksand	americana folk gospel ragtime
74		2009	Various Artists	Scott Joplin Greatest Hits	ragtime
84		2010	Scott Joplin	King Of Ragtime Writers From Classic Piano Rolls	ragtime
63		2011-08-30	Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey	Race Riot Suite	contemporary jazz jazz ragtime slide guitar swing	slide guitar # 64
99		2013-08-05	Pokey LaFarge	Pokey LaFarge	ragtime western swing	western swing # 99
5		2015-04-27	The Jake Leg Jug Band	Everythin's Jake	blues folk ragtime
2		2015-11-12	The Cable Street Rag Band	Dust	dixieland ragtime swing	dixieland # 36
100		2016-11-28	the Bridge City Sinners	Bridge City Sinners	folk ragtime
9		2017	Adam Fairhall	Winifred Atwell Revisited	avant-garde jazz jazz ragtime
47		2017	Hot Damn Scandal	I'm A God Damn Family Man	americana blues gypsy jazz ragtime
33		2017-05-25	Andrew Huang	A To Z 2	aggrotech crunkcore death metal deathcore easy listening ebm funk glam metal hardstyle j-pop krautrock lounge nu metal pop punk ragtime rap metal skate punk surf rock trap uplifting trance waltz zydeco	crunkcore # 51 waltz # 59
14		2022-04-14	Various Artists	Ragtime Piano Roll: Volume 1	jazz jazz piano piano ragtime
89		2023	Various Artists	Songs For Brunette Lovers	ragtime swing
4		2023-04-09	Liam Grant	Grant / McGuire / Flaherty	country blues folk ragtime traditional
71			The Gomorran Social Aid and Pleasure Club	unhappy/happy EP	blues dixieland jazz ragtime	dixieland # 74
17			Messrs. Cantrell & Williams	From Ragtime To Jazz Vol. 4 1896-1922	ragtime
19			Gerluz	Gerluz Plays Scott Joplin	ragtime
35			Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton	1923-1926	jazz
39			John Novacek	Novarags	ragtime
40			Syncopating Skeeters	Ragtime To Jazz 2 1916 - 1922	jazz ragtime
45			Mike Foerstner	Scott Joplin - Ragtimes and Waltz	jazz ragtime
55			Kenny Munshaw	Old Tyme Piano: Swingin Saloon Ragtime	ragtime
91			Joshua Rifkin	Scott Joplin: Piano Rags	ragtime
57			Various Artists - Shanachie Records	Shake Your Wicked Knees: Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-43

Related genres

• jazz
• blues
• piano
• swing
• jazz piano
• folk
• dixieland
• instrumental
• acoustic
• americana