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Scott Joplin

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:01 am
by swinginstyle
Anyone ever play his stuff? I just ripped one of his CDs, a collection of ragtime classics, so this sparked my curiosity.

Thanks

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:04 pm
by sonofvu
I dig Joplin, but I do not play his stuff. Let's face it. It does not swing.

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:36 pm
by falty411
sonofvu wrote:Let's face it. It does not swing.
Like that has ever stopped a "Swing DJ" from playing something

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:55 pm
by swinginstyle
The definition of 'swing' is always frustrating. I think I need to take some kind of class.

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:54 pm
by djstarr
ha ha - lessons offered free of charge here from the hive mind ;-)

Since some dancers in Seattle are becoming more interested in earlier styles of dance I've been tempted to play Joplin -- I agree you can't lindy hop to it, but I bet you could cake walk and charleston to it just fine.

One problem though might be tempo variation - of what I can remember the tempo varies quite a bit because it's mostly solo piano --- same problem you encounter with some Fats Waller and Earl Hines tracks --- and definitely with Art Tatum.

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:05 pm
by sonofvu
falty411 wrote:
sonofvu wrote:Let's face it. It does not swing.
Like that has ever stopped a "Swing DJ" from playing something
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :) True.

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:07 pm
by sonofvu
djstarr wrote:ha ha - lessons offered free of charge here from the hive mind ;-)

Since some dancers in Seattle are becoming more interested in earlier styles of dance I've been tempted to play Joplin -- I agree you can't lindy hop to it, but I bet you could cake walk and charleston to it just fine.

One problem though might be tempo variation - of what I can remember the tempo varies quite a bit because it's mostly solo piano --- same problem you encounter with some Fats Waller and Earl Hines tracks --- and definitely with Art Tatum.
Hey Brenda, didn't the hive mind classify Joplin as jank? I mean, he pre-dates the swing era.

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:22 pm
by djstarr
being that jank refers to a style of lindy hop and associated music you can do said style to, I don't think Joplin quite qualifies; but I'll have to ask their opinions when the jank masters come to Seattle this May.

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:27 pm
by Nate Dogg
djstarr wrote:being that jank refers to a style of lindy hop and associated music you can do said style to.
You are starting to write like Reuben (frequent use of word "said").

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:35 pm
by KevinSchaper
I'm just hoping to see some really jank possum.

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:19 pm
by djstarr
Nate Dogg wrote:
djstarr wrote:being that jank refers to a style of lindy hop and associated music you can do said style to.
You are starting to write like Reuben (frequent use of word "said").
lol - I tend to pick up other folks licks

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:26 pm
by djstarr
KevinSchaper wrote:I'm just hoping to see some really jank possum.
ok, next time you are in Seattle I'll play "The Entertainer" or "Maple Leaf Rag" and I expect to see you leading the jank possum out on the floor ;-)

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:47 am
by KevinSchaper
djstarr wrote:
KevinSchaper wrote:I'm just hoping to see some really jank possum.
ok, next time you are in Seattle I'll play "The Entertainer" or "Maple Leaf Rag" and I expect to see you leading the jank possum out on the floor ;-)
I could never steal Leigh's thunder like that.

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:34 pm
by djstarr
I recently bought 3 early Chicago CDs (Big Band Chicago, Chicago Black Small Bands, Chicago White Small Bands). The Big Band Chicago is kind of funny since most of it is late 20's, early 30's.

Anyhow, there is a version of Maple Leaf Rag on there that's worth trying out. Definitely Charleston music - I'll tell Leigh we are looking for some jank possum.

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:37 pm
by Yakov
historically ragtime (of the scott joplin, fully scored piano solo variety) is not really dance music, it's based on dance forms like bach's "sarabande"s that aren't really sarabandes.

of course, a certain type of music not being dance music never stopped a SWING dj, either 8)