Various Artists - Masters Of The Ragtime Guitar (CD)

Ragtime guitar is one of the most exciting and complex styles for a guitarist to master. The techniques involved can become very complicated and for a novice these can sometimes interfere with the spirit of the music. But in the hands of a talented and experienced guitarist this music can capture a unique texture as well as being one of the most rhythmic and attractive musical forms known. This album presents four of the leading exponents of ragtime guitar. Their approach to ragtime differs, yet each one manages to capture that all important element called "feel"Artists features are Duck Baker, Lasse Johansson, Ton Van Bergeyk and Tim Nicolai.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Original Dixieland One-Step
2. Chromatic Rag
3. Bull Frog Blues
4. R.A.F. Shuffle
5. Cleopatra Rag
6. Russian Rag
7. Solace - a Mexican Serenade
8. Creole Belles
9. Heliotrope Bouquet
10. Patricia Rag
11. Light and Bitter
12. Smiles and Chuckles
13. Echoes from the Snowball Club
14. [CD-ROM Track] [Multimedia Track]