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Treasury Volume 3

Label: Turtle Bay Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Minnie the Mermaid; Canal Street Blues; Alice Blue Gown; Take Me Back; Frog-i-More Rag; Mabel’s Dream; Kansas City Stomp; Louisiana Fairy Tale; Buddy’s Habits; Memphis Blues; Black Bottom Stomp.

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Ragology

Label: Turtle Bay Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Wildcat Blues; Slidin’; Dizzy Fingers; The Buffalo Rag; Nola; You and a Canoe; Blackstick; Ragtime Oriole; Little Bits; Shreveport Stomp; Sweetheart o’ Mine.

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Article: Album Review

Ricky Alexander: Ragology

Read "Ragology" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Ragtime takes its name from the ragged rhythmic patterns created by syncopated melodies played against a regular, steady bass line. The result is a lively and energetic sound that predates traditional jazz and swing. Among ragtime's foremost exponents was Scott Joplin, whose music was reintroduced to the public in 1973 via Paul Newman and Robert Redford's ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Cannonball Adderley, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Joel Ross & Paul Litteral

Read "Cannonball Adderley, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Joel Ross & Paul Litteral" reviewed by Joe Dimino


Blowing in from Hollywood with a horn, a vision, and plenty of soul, the 944th Episode of Neon Jazz kicks off with the Paul Litteral Band, drawing from his 2025 album The Litteral Truth. From there, we take a timeless turn into jazz history with Cannonball Adderley, spinning a classic gem from his 1961 LP African ...

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Treasury, Volume 2

Label: Turtle Bay Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Guess Who’s in Town; Snake Rag; Wabash Blues; Muscle Shoals; Smiles; Get Out and Get Under the Moon; The Smiler; Sweet Sue; Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down; Original Rags; Viper Mad.

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The Songbook Sessions (Volume 1, 1920)

Label: Blue Rhythm Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Whispering; Lena from Palesteena; Aunt Hagar's Blues; Margie; Avalon; Look for the Silver Lining; Singin' the Blues; In Apple Blossom Time; I'll See You in C-U-B-A; San.

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Article: Album Review

Glenn Crytzer: The Songbook Sessions (Volume 1, 1920)

Read "The Songbook Sessions (Volume 1, 1920)" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


Peter DeVries once wrote that “nostalgia ain't what it used to be," and this is certainly true when it comes to music. The greater the time distance, the harder it is to maintain authenticity. As a result, recreating music from the past might come across as something gimmicky or disingenuous with some performers. However, this is ...

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Article: Album Review

Terry Waldo: Treasury Volume 1

Read "Treasury Volume 1" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Simply stated, and without hyperbole, Terry Waldo is an American musical treasure. He's also a treasure purveyor. A protégé of and mentored by Eubie Blake, Waldo is a player, composer, arranger, author, podcaster, theatrical director, and the noted oracle for ragtime and early American popular music. With Treasury Volume 1 (the first of a three-volume set), ...

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Treasury Volume 1

Label: Turtle Bay Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Blame It on the Blues; I Get the Blues When It Rains; Wolverine Blues; Yellow Dog Blues; Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home; San; The Frog Song; Tiger Rag; After You’ve Gone; Maple Leaf Rag.


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