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