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Frederick Hodges

1. Intro Monologue & Shreveport Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton)
2. Let 'er Go (Charley Straight)
3. Sweet Pickin's Rag (Charley Straight)
4. Wild and Wooly (Charley Straight)
5. Intro Monologue & Estelle (Frankie Carle)
6. That Futuristic Rag (Rube Bloom)

Sue Keller

7. Mississippi Rag (William Krell)
8. Calico Rag (Nat Johnson)
9. Hester on Parade (Charles L. Johnson)
10. One for the Road (Max Morath) – Duet with Frederick Hodges

Jim Hession

11. Proficiency (Jim Hession)
12. Lonesome Reverie (James P. Johnson)
13. The Perfect Rag (Jelly Roll Morton)
14. The Finger Wrecker (Jelly Roll Morton)

Brian Holland

15. Kansas City Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton)
16. Echo of Spring (Willie "the Lion" Smith)
17. Fats Waller Medley: Ain't Misbehavin'/Keepin' Out of Mischief Now/Handful of Keys (Fats Waller)
18. Snowy Morning Blues (James P. Johnson)
19. Seagull Shuffle (Martin Spitznagel)

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The 4th annual Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival featured a wonderful blend of old and new, classic pieces by composers like W. C. Handy, Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, and Zez Confrey alongside original compositions by Terry Waldo and Sonny Leyland. Now you can relive the best performances from the Festival anytime, or experience it for the first time, with this new CD! These 20 vibrant pieces performed by Adam Swanson, Terry Waldo, Carl "Sonny" Leyland, and Frederick Hodges were recorded live during the Festival, March 26 and 27, 2010.

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Adam Swanson

1. Calico Rag (Nat Johnson)
2. Yellow Dog Rag (W. C. Handy)
3. Mississippi Rag (W. H. Krell)
4. Carbarlic Acid (C. C. Wiley)
5. Duet: Swipesy Cakewalk (Joplin & Marshall) - with Terry Waldo

Terry Waldo

6. Sounds of Africa (Eubie Blake)
7. Everything Is All Right With Me (Terry Waldo)
8. Charleston (James P. Johnson)
9. China We Owe a Lot To You (Ager-Johnson-Waldo)

Carl Sonny Leyland

10. Green Diamond Boogie (Sonny Leyland)
11. Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
12. Stalking the Lion (Sonny Leyland)
13. Old Fashioned Love (James P. Johnson)
14. Duet: I'm Sitting On Top of the World (Henderson- Lewis-Young) - with Frederick Hodges

Frederick Hodges

15. Kitten On the Keys (Zez Confrey)
16. Mow 'Em Down (Charley Straight)
17. Maple Leaf Rag 1927 (Joplin-Hodges)
18. Nanette (Adam Caroll)
19. Syncopadude (Adam Caroll)
20. Show Beat Medley (Jerome Kern)

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For 3 years,the Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival has brought the sounds of ragtime, jazz, and boogie-woogie to Mississippi State University. Now you can bring this classic music into your home with 21 dynamic pieces performed by Mimi Blais, Sonny Leyland, Butch Thompson, Brian Holland, and David A. Jasen, and relive the magic of ragtime, anytime!

These swingin' tunes were recorded live during the 3rd annual Festival, March 27-28, 2009, at Mississippi State University. Listen as our performers revive the music of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Eubie Blake, and more.

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Brian Holland

1. Shoestring Rag (Dave Jasen)
2. The Chips Are Down (Brian Holland)
3. King Chanticleer (Ayer & Brown)
4. Peacherine Rag (Scott Joplin)
5. Steeplechase Rag (James P. Johnson)
6. Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)

Carl Sonny Leyland

7. Blame It On The Blues (Charles E. Cooke)
8. I've Got Delta's Lost Bag Blues
9. Limehouse Blues (Braham & Furber)
10. Fast Train Blues (Sonny Leyland)
11. Almond Joys Rag (Sonny Leyland)

Mimi Blais

12. Pickles & Peppers (Adeline Shepherd)
13. Original Blues (Mimi Blais)
14. Blue Ribbon Rag (May Aufderheide)
15. The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) - Duet with Brian Holland

Butch Thompson

16. The Pearls (Jelly Roll Morton)
17. Charleston Rag (Eubie Blake)
18. Original Jelly Roll Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)
19. I've Found A New Baby (Palmer & Williams) - Duet with Carl Sonny Leyland
20. Mamanita (Jelly Roll Morton)
21. Maple Leaf Stomp (Joplin & Morton)

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The 2008 Charles Templeton Ragtime Music Festival was held on March 28-30, 2008 on the campus of Mississippi State University (MSU). The University Libraries and the Charles Templeton Music Museum hosted the 3-day Festival that brought to MSU and the Starkville, MS community some of the most dynamic, entertaining and professional ragtime and boogie woogie performers.

Performers for the 2nd annual Festival included Mimi Blais, Marty Eggers, Frederick Hodges, Brian Holland, Bob Seeley, and Virginia Tichenor. David A. Jasen served as the Master of Ceremonies and Artistic Director. David Reffkin, radio personality, host and producer of "The Ragtime Machine", who interviewed each of the performers during the Festival, brought out little known facts and aspects of the performers' background and career.

This CD is a compilation of the best performances of ragtime music from the 2008 Templeton Festival. Listen as the performers bring to life some of the greatest works of such well known ragtime composers as Joseph Lamb, Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, and Trebor Tichenor.

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1. Bucksnort Stomp (Trebor Tichenor) - Virginia Tichenor w/Marty Eggers on bass
2. Chestnut Street in the 90's (Brun Campbell ) - Virginia Tichenor w/Marty Eggers on bass
3. Mag's Rag (Tom Shea) - Virginia Tichenor w/Marty Eggers on bass
4. Front Street Rag (Marty Eggers) - Marty Eggers w/Virginia Tichenor on drums
5. Troublesome Ivories (Eubie Blake) - Brian Holland
6. Jingles (James P. Johnson) - Brian Holland
7. Top Liner Rag (Joseph Lamb) - Brian Holland
8. Bach Up To Me (Fats Waller) - Brian Holland
9. Harlem Rag (Tom Turpin) - Mimi Blais
10. Pork and Beans (Luckey Roberts) - Mimi Blais
11. Belle of Louisville (Frank French) - Mimi Blais
12. Rackety Rag (J. Milton Delcamp) - Frederick Hodges
13. Try and Play it (Phil Ohman) - Frederick Hodges
14. Music Box Rag (Luckey Roberts) - Frederick Hodges
15. Cucumber Rag (W.C. Powell) - Frederick Hodges
16. Sweet and Tender (Roy Bargy) - Frederick Hodges
17. Original Boogie (Bob Seeley) - Bob Seeley
18. St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) - Bob Seeley
19. Seeley's Boogie (Bob Seeley) - Bob Seeley
20. Scott Joplin's New Rag (Scott Joplin) - Brian Holland
21. Over the Bars (James P. Johnson) - Brian Holland
22. The Pearls (Jelly Roll Morton) - Brian Holland

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The Mississippi State University Libraries and the Charles Templeton Music Museum are pleased to release their first CD, Ragtime Piano Classics, highlighting ragtime piano music.

This collection represents the finest ragtime piano recordings during the first forty-five years of ragtime piano's recorded history, embracing cylinders, piano rolls, 78s, 45s and early LPs. Many of the performances found on the CD were recorded by their composers while a few contain brilliant conceptions by outstanding interpreters.

The compilation of this CD is a result of the Templeton Museum in partnership with world-renowned author, composer, and pianist David Jasen.

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1. Boston Trot (Reinherz) - Sid Reinherz - 1923
2. Kitten on the Keys (Confrey) - Zez Confrey - 1921
3. Carolina Shout (Johnson) - James P. Johnson - 1921
4. Charleston Rag (Blake) - Eubie Blake - 1921
5. Black and White Rag (Botsford) - Albert Benzler - c. 1910
6. Nickel in the Slot (Confrey) - Willie Eckstein - 1923
7. Pianoflage (Bargy) - Roy Bargy - piano roll
8. Spring Fever (Bloom) - Rube Bloom - 1927
9. Doll Dance (Brown) - Frank Banta - 1927
10. Virginia Creeper (Mayerl) - Billy Mayerl - 1925
11. Original Rags (Joplin) - Jelly Roll Morton - 1939
12. Handful of Keys (Waller) - Fats Waller - 1929
13. Fingerbuster (Smith) - Willie the Lion Smith - 1934
14. Estelle (Carle) - Frankie Carle - 1940
15. Snowflakes (Rawiez) - Rawiez & Landauer - 1942
16. Pork & Beans (Roberts) - Luckey Roberts - 1946
17. Lily Rag (Thompson) - Charley Thompson - 1949
18. 12th Street Rag (Bowman) - Euday L. Bowman - 1948
19. The Pearls (Morton) - Wally Rose - 1953
20. Poodle Rag (Krenz) - Bill Krenz - 1952
21. Two Dollar Rag (Busch) - Prof. Lou Busch - 1951
22. Lightning Fingers (Light) - Ben Light - c. 1955
23. Solid Ivory (Sutton) - Jess Sutton - c. 1955
24. Crazy Otto (Medley) - Billy Rowland - 1955
25. Oriental Blues (Newlon) - Tony DeSimone - 1954

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Capturing a turn-of-the-century transition to the "modern" era, a new Mississippi State University note card set is drawing from a unique collection of antique sheet music.

Made available by Mitchell Memorial Library, the Charles H. Templeton Sheet Music Note Cards replicate artwork represented in some of the more than 20,000 pieces of sheet music donated to the university by the late Starkville businessman.

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