Manhattan Serenade Ragtime From showpieces by Willie "The

From showpieces by Willie "The Lion" Smith

Ed's loving interpretations are melody-focused and full of romance -- with a generous dusting of jazz to create a musical hour that holds up well to repeated listening

the Rivermont team went "on location" to record a full evening's worth of entertainment before a live audience so that listeners around the globe can enjoy Swanson's distinctive mixture of piano rags

Dancing Shadows

Highlights in Volume 8 include a rare "Yerkes Dance Record

Manhattan Serenade Ragtime From showpieces by Willie "TheThe first decades of the twentieth century witnessed the flowering of an exciting new style of piano composition that fused European classical music traditions with the popular music styles of the New World. George Gershwin's music is highly representative of this tradition, but with this recording, pianist Frederick Hodges and Rivermont present a major recital of some of the lesser known gems of piano writing that emerged during the flood of