Down Home Rag

Wilbur Sweatman · 1916 · Clarinette ragtime, Emerson, décembre 1916

Context

Wilbur Sweatman recorded "Down Home Rag", which he composed in 1911, for Emerson in December 1916. A clarinetist, he moved to Pathé in 1917 and then to Columbia in 1918.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Ragtime, Dixieland (ODJB, 1917). Among the origins and influences of Ragtime: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

Sources

• EN: Wilbur Sweatman

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