COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A restored 1904 piano will be the focus at the dedication of a celebrated ragtime pianist's home in Columbia. The Haines Brothers piano was one of the practice pianos for John William ...

From ragtime roots to modern free jazz explorations, Spike Wilner's musical journey blossomed from mentorship and the ...

Johnny Maddox, a legendary ragtime pianist who was a mainstay at the Diamond Belle Saloon for 16 years, died Tuesday in Gallatin, Tennessee. He was 91. Maddox had an illustrious career, first taking ...

Were it not for ragtime composer Scott Joplin, Tom McDermott may not have evolved into one of New Orleans’ most respected pianists. Growing up in St. Louis, McDermott had, by age 14, spent seven years ...

After a century of neglect, orchestral ragtime -- the missing link in American pop and jazz histories -- is gaining the attention it deserves. Piano rags of Scott Joplin, James Scott, Eubie Blake and ...

Entering pianist Taslimah Bey’s Rochester Hills townhouse, you’ll immediately notice two things. There’s a handsome portrait of Harry P. Guy, a largely forgotten ragtime pianist, composer and arranger ...

Tulsa pianist Donald Ryan and frequent visitor Morten Gunner Larsen will come together for an evening of ragtime piano. Larsen, considered one of the world’s finest ragtime pianists, serves as founder ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Max Morath, a Colorado Springs native who as a pianist and musical director championed ragtime music, and who around 1960 wrote, performed and co-produced 28 ...

HUNTINGTON -- When 20-somethings say they like old music, get ready to hear somebody howling Duran Duran's "Hungry Like A Wolf" or George Michael's "Careless Whisper." But when 28-year-old Ethan Uslan ...

When he died on April 1, 1917, in a New York hospital from complications of syphilis, Scott Joplin was not yet 50. Financial troubles and artistic disappointments — especially over his inability to ...