American Ragtime Ensemble - Essays in Ragtime: The Music of Brun Campbell Format:CD gaining multiple gold and platinum

gaining multiple gold and platinum records around the globe

with which this collection also begins

Written in his home after his adopted hometown of Nashville was hit by a tornado and the world was hit by a global pandemic

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American Ragtime Ensemble - Essays in Ragtime: The Music of Brun Campbell Format:CD gaining multiple gold and platinumBrun Campbell (1884 1952) was an itinerant pianist of the early ragtime era who spearheaded ragtime revival efforts in the 1940s. Known for his many articles on ragtime, Campbell also composed a number of rags and ragtime songs in the '40s, some of which he recorded himself on privately issued 78 rpm records (several of his 78s are included as bonus tracks on this CD). Campbell's ragtime music is marked by it's jaunty rhythms and strong "folk" flavor.