Black Manhattan: Members of Legendary Clef Club

Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Rick Benjamin - Black Manhattan: Members of Legendary Clef Club

Black Manhattan: Members of Legendary Clef Club
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Artist: Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Rick Benjamin
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2003-11-25
Music Label: New World Records
Soundtracks:
  1. The Castle Perfect Trot
  2. Carolina Fox Trot
  3. Overture to "In Dahomey"
  4. Deep River
  5. Sambo: A Characteristic Two Step March
  6. When the Band Plays Ragtime
  7. Castle House Rag
  8. Smyrna: A Turkish Serenade
  9. Ballin' the Jack & What It Takes to Make Me Love You-You've Got It
  10. Meno D'Amour
  11. Hey There! (Hi There!)
  12. The Tar Heel Blues Rag
  13. Congratulations
  14. Strut Miss Lizzie
  15. Panama: A Characteristic Novelty
  16. The Clef Club March
  17. Under the Bamboo Tree
  18. Cocoanut Grove Jazz
  19. Swing Along!

Music reviews of Black Manhattan: Members of Legendary Clef Club

Music Review: An absolute treasure!
Rating: 5 Stars

This CD captures all the energy and optimism of the early Harlem Renaissance...you'll think you've been transported back in time.

Ragtime music is probably most familiar to people through two contemporary movies: The Sting, which brought Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" to public awareness, and Ragtime, with a score by Randy Newman. In my opinion, Newman's score pales in comparison with these originals. The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra faithfully interprets original orchestral scores of composers like James Reese Europe and Will Marion Cook so if, like me, you're used to hearing this music on scratchy old mono recordings, you're in for a real treat.

It's easy to see why this music took the country by storm at the turn of the century...I played this CD three times the first night I got it, because it captivated me. There's not a song here I don't like and there's such a good mixture of styles that it doesn't become repetitive.

As with all releases from New World Records, this one includes a booklet packed with historical and biographical information. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Curator, AfroAmericanHeritage dot com

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Description of Black Manhattan: Members of Legendary Clef Club

The Clef Club of New York City, Inc. was a fraternal and professional organization for the advancement of African-American musicians and entertainers; all of the composers on this recording were members or closely affiliated with the Club. The "Clef Club" was founded toward the end of 1909 in New York by James Reese Europe and his associates. Their mission to highlight the value, dignity, and professionalism of African-American performers was a great success and did much to change racial attitudes at all levels of white society. It quickly became a "who?s who" of early twentieth-century black music and show business. With its reputation for reliability, gentility, and quality performances, the Clef Club soon gained the favor of the loftiest of New York?s white society; it became the very height of fashion to announce that one had secured a genuine "Clef Club Orchestra" for an upcoming social event. The composers featured on this revelatory recording represent the cream of Black Bohemia?s musical life?the movers and shakers who paved the way for the music of the better remembered "Harlem Renaissance" of the 1920s. And while their names are obscure today, all once enjoyed national reputations in white America as well, feeding its burgeoning interest in black music, theater, and dance. Taken altogether, the talent, persistence, cooperation, and courage of these pioneers is an amazing American story that deserves to be better known. The recording features nineteen works by ten composers and is accompanied by a 40-page booklet. In addition to those by Europe and Cook, highlights include works by Will Vodery, an acknowledged influence on Ellington, and the first instrumental rag ever published, Sambo: A Characteristic Two Step March (1896), by Will Tyers.

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