''Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book'' is an album by the

New England Ragtime Ensemble The New England Ragtime Ensemble (originally The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble) was a Boston chamber orchestra dedicated to the music of Scott Joplin and other ragtime composers. History Conservatory president Gunther Schuller created ...

conducted by

Gunther Schuller Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician. Biography and works Early years Schuller was born in Queens, New York City ...

featuring the music of

Scott Joplin Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the ...

arranged by E.J. Stark and D.S. De Lisle. The "Red Back Book" of the album title is taken from the popular name for the collection of band arrangements of ragtime music featuring Joplin's music, "Standard High-Class Rags" published by the Stark Music Company of St. Louis around 1912. The name came from the red color of the front and back cover.

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow stated "Hearing Joplin's music interpreted by a group consisting of trumpet, trombone, clarinet, flute/piccolo, tuba, piano, bass, drums and a string quartet helps cast new light on these vintage themes." The Red Back Book earned a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance of 1973. It spent 54 weeks on ''Billboard'''s Top 100 Albums List.

Track listing

All music by

arranged by E.J. Stark and D.S. De Lisle for chamber ensemble. # "The Cascades" – 3:27 # "Sun Flower Slow Drag" – 3:07 # "The Chrysanthemum" – 3:44 # "The Entertainer" (solo piano version) – 3:51 # "The Ragtime Dance" – 4:00 # "Sugar Cane" – 3:20 # "The Easy Winners" – 3:56 # "The Entertainer" – 4:15 # "Sun Flower Drag" (solo piano version) – 3:27 # "Maple Leaf Rag" – 3:11

Personnel

*Charles Lewis – trumpet *Victor Sawa – clarinet *Ray Cutler – trombone *David Reskin – flute and piccolo *Gary Ofenloch – tuba *Myron Romanul – piano *Mark Belair – drums *Juan Ramirez-Hernandez – 1st violin *Tibor Pusztai – 2nd violin *Juan Dandridge – viola *Bruce Cooppock – cello *Michael Singer – bass *

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References

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