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Grace Notes: Ragtime

If you are a fan of American music and wish to expand your musical horizons, you may want to consider coming to the Westport Library on Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 p.m. for a fun-loving concert by The Ragtime Evolution Quartet. You may recognize the term ragtime music from the academy award-winning 1973 film The Sting. This movie which featured Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two con artists, was enhanced by Marvin Hamlisch's Academy Award winning ...

Grace Notes: Paul Newman

With the recent death of the inestimable actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman, my memories and thoughts turned to one of my all-time favorite movies, The Sting. Paul Newman and Robert Redford starred in this 1973 film ...

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Posted by MargieF on October 2, 2008 4:39 PM

Grace Notes: Eubie Blake (1883-1983)

In keeping with the theme of Black history, I wish to pay tribute to the American composer and pianist James Hubert Blake ("Eubie"). Yesterday was the 125th anniversary of the birth of this Baltimore born musician who played pump-organ at the age of 4, began piano lessons at 6, played professionally in a Baltimore nightclub at the age of 15, and a year later composed his first piano rag, "Sounds of Africa". (This first effort was later called "Charleston Rag"). He worked as a saloon pianist, toured with a medicine show, became an accompanist for Madison Reed and eventually joined with the ...

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Posted by MargieF on February 8, 2008 4:27 PM

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