Living a Ragtime Life

by Max Morath

Overview

Ragtime pianist Morath has spent a lifetime immersed in its history and his intimate knowledge of it shines brightly on this fine little disc. Consisting of recordings made in 1987 with five bonus tracks recorded in 1989, Morath breezes handily through a batch of less familiar ragtime perennials like "Saloon, Saloon, Saloon," "Willie the Weeper," and Irving Berlin's "Everything in America Is Ragtime," along with old standards like Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" and Eubie Blake's "The Charleston Rag." Played (and sung) with a lot of heart and soul, this is one delightful set. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	05/02/1994
Label:	Solo Art
UPC:	0762247811022
Rank:	115660

Tracks

1. Maple Leaf Rag
2. Grace and Beauty
3. The Easy Winners
4. The Charleston Rag
5. Solace (A Mexican Serenade)
6. Kitten on the Keys
7. Living a Ragtime Life
8. Saloon, Saloon, Saloon
9. At the Drugstore Cabaret
10. Willie the Weeper
11. If You Don't Have Any Money
12. When It's All Goin' Out
13. Ain't That a Shame
14. He Goes to Church on Sunday
15. One for the Road
16. Cottontail Rag
17. Everything in America Is Ragtime
18. I Love a Piano/Cannonball Rag

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Max Morath   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Bill Bailey   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ernest R. Ball   Composer
Eubie Blake   Composer
Joseph Lamb   Composer
Walter Melrose   Composer
Max Morath   Composer,Producer,Adaptation
Bill Bailey   Performer
Zez Confrey   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Vincent Bryan   Composer
Jon P. Pult   Production Coordination,Liner Notes
Walter Wilson   Composer
Grant Rymal   Composer
Jim McElwaine   Producer,Engineer
Scott Joplin   Composer
George A. Whiting   Composer
Marty Bloom   Composer
George H. Buck, Jr.   Liner Notes
James Queen   Composer
James Scott   Composer