Dear Frank,
thanks for these great rags!!!
Since you posted
J. Russel Robinson's "
That Eccentric Rag", I'd add two later arrangements (one in key of C and F, the other, more common, in E flat and intro in A flat) of the piece, under the title of "
Eccentric", often recorded by jazz bands.
Have you heard of the bunch of piano solo recordings Robinson made for Circle Records in 1947?
I only found reference for three of them: according to David Jasen's "Ragtime Encyclopedia" the Robinson piano recordings of "That Eccentric Rag", "The Easy Winners" and "Minstrel Man" were issued by a label named Eagle.
I'm currently trying to obtain these discs, since I only have a bunch of Robinson recordings with Al Bernard (Dixie Stars) where he provides some great piano, a few accompaniments with blues singers and then the recordings with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (in a couple those from the late 1930s Robinson can be heard taking solos).
My friend Adam Swanson, that fantastic pianist, posted a video of the ODJB from the 1930s and in a brief passage there's
Robinson playing some great ragtime piano (starting at time 1:17 of the video)! Here's the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHZIsfJ-m8U
I'm also attaching "
Luxury", a song composed by
Les Copeland that cannot be found on internet.
Best
Luigi
Robinson, J. Russel - Eccentric (E flat).pdf
Robinson, J. Russel - Eccentric (C and F major).pdf
Copeland, Les - Luxury.pdf
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