School of Syncopation - Jazz, Stride, Novelties & the Like

[tobyjj]

Oren posted something like 63 rags on the Rags thread on Fri 25th Sept 2009.
He started the forum that day with the opening remarks "Although it is not my kind of music ..."


tobyjj

[thalbergmad]

Here a couple of pieces by one of the greatest banjo soloists of all time, Harry Reser. These are scored for banjo plus piano accompaniment.

Thal...I hope you're seeing these, they're right up your alley!

Reser, Harry - Air Brakes.pdf

Reser, Harry - Crackerjack.pdf

Thanks old chap, they are most certainly of interest to me.

Thal

[thalbergmad]

I wonder if anyone might have this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5UnEB23YCI

What an absolute joy.

Thal

[gigiranalli]

I wonder if anyone might have this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5UnEB23YCI

What an absolute joy.

Thal

Yes, that's a classic! Here it is for you.
Luigi

Henderson, Sylva, Brown - Black Bottom.pdf

[fhimpsl]

Here are some transcription folios by another British dance pianist, Bert Read. Enjoy!

Read, Bert - Bert Read Album of Favorite Songs.pdf

Read, Bert - Bert Read Album of Favorite Songs No. 2.pdf

Read, Bert - Bert Read Album of Swing Music.pdf

[fhimpsl]

more transcriptions by Bert Read, these having been published singly

Read, Bert - Rambling Blues.pdf

Read, Bert (arr.) - My Favourite Blues.pdf

Read, Bert (arr.) - Saturday Night Jump.pdf

[fhimpsl]

Read, Bert (arr.) - Steamboat Rag.pdf

Read, Bert (arr.) - Tishomingo Blues.pdf

Read, Bert (arr.) - Torpedo Junction.pdf

[fhimpsl]

some more rambling syncopations...

Ohman, Phil - Try And Play It.pdf

Reinherz, Sid - Mah Jong.pdf

Reinherz, Sid - Scrambles.pdf

[fhimpsl]

some novelties by the great songwriter Harry Revel...

Revel, Harry - Music Out Of The Moon.pdf

Revel, Harry - The Little Dutch Doll.pdf

Revel, Harry - Valse Futuristic.pdf

[fhimpsl]

Ralph Reichenthal (who later adopted the name Rainger) was a virtuoso pianist, and one of our finest songwriters of the 1930s. Here are his earliest piece "Piano Puzzle", along with another solo and several "rhythmic transcriptions of the classics"...

Reichenthal, Ralph - Piano Puzzle.pdf

Rainger, Ralph - Tick Tack Toe.pdf

Rainger, Ralph (arr.) - Love's Old Sweet Song.pdf

Rainger, Ralph (arr.) - Valse Brillante.pdf