Sun Flower Slow Drag

Gunther Schuller & New England Ragtime Ensemble · 1973 · Rag de Joplin, version d'ensemble de The Red Back Book

Context

Second track of "The Red Back Book," recorded in February 1973 at Jordan Hall under the direction of Gunther Schuller (Capitol). The album also offers a solo piano version of the piece as track 9, and spent 54 weeks on the Billboard Top 100 albums chart.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Ragtime. Among the origins and influences of Ragtime: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• The Easy Winners (1973)
• The Cascades (1973)
• Transformation (Gunther Schuller) (1957)

Sources

• EN: The Red Back Book

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