Various Artists - Century of Ragtime: 1897-1997 / Various

Annotated and coproduced by Joplin scholar Richard Zimmerman, this 2-CD retrospective of rag traces it from the old masters to it's present day exponents. Among the solo performances are Charleston Rag; Stars and Stripes Forever Eubie Blake; the Ragtime Dance; Scott Joplin's New Rag Joshua Rifkin; the Entertainer; Rags to Burn Richard Zimmerman, and the Easy Winners-A Ragtime Two Step; Pickles and Peppers (A Rag Oddity) Max Morath. Ragtime orchestras and ensembles from coast to coast and generation to generation are also included in this 38-track "rags to rags" story.