Solo Art SACD-48 + SACD-49

Professor John W. "Knocky" Parker
The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin

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Scott Joplin was born in Texarkana, Texas on November 24th, 1868. His parents were musical - his mother played the banjo and his father the violin. At the age of seven, he became fascinated by a neighbor's piano and began to pick out tunes, soon becoming proficient in playing by ear. His father then bought a piano and soon Joplin became the talk of the town. A German professor interested himself in the young lad and gave him free lessons in counterpoint, sight reading and harmony.

To Joplin belongs the undying prestige of being the originator of "the new sound" in music circa 1880....

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Personnel

Professor John W. (Knocky) Parker piano.

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Selections - Disc 1

• 1 Crush Collision March
  • 1:47
• 2 Harmony Club Waltzes
  • 3:04
• 3 Combination March
  • 1:42
• 4 Original Rags
  • 2:10
• 5 Maple Leaf Rag
  • 2:01
• 6 Swipesy Cakewalk
  • 1:54
• 7 Peacherine Rag
  • 1:49
• 8 Augustan Club Waltzes
  • 2:58
• 9 Easy Winners
  • 1:51
• 10 Sunflower Slow Drag
  • 1:50
• 11 Elite Syncopations
  • 1:50
• 12 Cleopha Two-Step
  • 1:48
• 13 March Majestic
  • 1:14
• 14 The Strenuous Life
  • 1:52
• 15 The Entertainer
  • 1:44
• 16 A Breeze From Alabama
  • 1:54
• 17 Weeping Willow Rag
  • 1:19
• 18 Palm Leaf Rag
  • 1:19
• 19 Something Doing
  • 1:50
• 20 The Cascades
  • 1:50
• 21 Sycamore, A Concert Rag
  • 1:44
• 22 Chrysanthemum
  • 1:50
• 23 The Favorite
  • 1:51
• 24 Bink's Waltz
  • 1:31
• 25 Rose Bud Waltz
  • 1:13

Selections - Disc 2

• 1 Bethena - Waltz
  • 2:37
• 2 Leola - Two-Step
  • 1:43
• 3 Eugenia
  • 1:21
• 4 Antoinette
  • 0:57
• 5 The Nonpareil
  • 1:23
• 6 Heliotrope
  • 2:04
• 7 The Lilly Queen
  • 1:51
• 8 Gladiolus
  • 1:37
• 9 Searchlight
  • 1:38
• 10 Rose Leaf Rag
  • 1:49
• 11 Fig Leaf Rag
  • 1:51
• 12 Pineapple Rag
  • 2:05
• 13 Sugar Cane Rag
  • 1:39
• 14 Solace
  • 1:48
• 15 Wall Street Rag
  • 1:52
• 16 Paragon Rag
  • 1:47
• 17 Country Club Rag
  • 1:49
• 18 Euphonic Sounds
  • 2:05
• 19 Pleasant Sounds - Waltz
  • 1:56
• 20 Stop Time Rag
  • 1:39
• 21 Felicity
  • 1:21
• 22 Scott Joplin's New Bag
  • 2:37
• 23 Kismet
  • 2:02
  • Cocomposer: Scott Hayden
• 24 Magnetic Rag
  • 2:43
• 25 Reflection Rag
  • 2:12

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Production Coordinator: Wendell Echols
Recorded on August 15, 16 and 22, 1960
All compositions by Scott Joplin, except as noted
Year Released: 2002

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