Various Artists [Kazoomzoom]: Frog Legs: Ragtime Era Favorites
Ragtime’s upbeat style is perfect as a happy and inspiring
backdrop for playtime! This collection focuses on ragtime, an
American music style from more than 100 years ago, a long time
before the invention of CDs and iPods. Back then, sound was
recorded into things like wax, resin, paper and metal. The paper
recordings were played by machine instruments. The most popular
was called a player piano, and most songs here are recorded from
player pianos. The selections in this release were recorded from
cylinders, 78 rpm records and player pianos by tomrjim and
Jonathan Aizen. Zachary Brewster-Geisz recorded "Maple Leaf Rag"
using orchestra software. Ragtime originated in African American
musical communities, in the late 19th century, and descended
from the jigs and marches played by bands in Northern cities
with black populations. By the start of the 20th century it
became widely popular throughout North America and was listened
and danced to, performe