Creole Belles

The repertory of the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, formed in 1967, focuses on late 19th- and early 20th-century American ragtime music. Combining African rhythms with traces of post-Civil War marches and Euro-American dances, ragtime music is characterized by its syncopated rhythm or “ragged time” beat. Originally played as piano music, it was taken up by brass, wind, string, and percussion instruments. In this compilation, the first segment recorded in 1971 and the second in 1989, the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra plays both well-known and lesser-known music from the ragtime era.

Track Listing

101	Creole Belles The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:03
102	Black and White Rag The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:06
103	Purple Rose of Cairo The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:21
104	War Cloud The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:58
105	Maple Leaf Rag The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:40
106	High Society The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:51
107	The Entertainer The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:49
108	The Ragtime Dance The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:19
109	New Orleans Hop Scop Blues The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:07
110	My Maryland The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	02:29
111	The Chrysanthemum The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	04:06
112	Panama The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:47
113	Wall Street Rag The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:23
114	Love Will Find a Way The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:45
115	Rubber Plant Rag The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	02:23
116	You Can Have It, I Don't Want It The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:01
117	Tickled to Death The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	02:56
118	The Junk Man Rag The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:17
119	Winin' Boy Blues The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:10
120	St. Louis Tickle The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	02:21
121	Hindustan The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	02:36
122	Ethiopia The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	03:43
123	Red Pepper The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	02:54
124	Pickles and Peppers The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	02:50