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Rick Benjamin's Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

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BARRELHOUSE TO BROADWAY:
The Musical Odyssey of Joe Jordan

Joe Jordan (1882-1971) was the most famous and economically successful black composer/songwriter of the early 1900s. Simply put, he was "the man who Scott Joplin wanted to be." Ironically, over time Jordan and his music faded from public memory, while his friend Joplin rose to surprising posthumous super-stardom during the 1970s. This fine new digital recording, produced by Grammy winner Judith Sherman, sets the historical record straight by reintroducing Joe Jordan's marvelous music to modern listeners. It is the first-ever recorded survey of his vast output of songs, rags, marches, and waltzes. Tracing Jordan's career from the birth of ragtime in 1890s to his breakthrough as a leading figure of the black musical theater of the 1900s, '10s, and '20s, Barrelhouse to Broadway is the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra's stirring tribute to one of America's most accomplished musicians.


Barrelhouse to Broadway cover

New World Records-80669-2 (CD)

$16.00 USD

FROM BARRELHOUSE TO BROADWAY: THE MUSIC OF JOE JORDAN  

  1. Double Fudge (ragtime two step, 1902).
  2. Nappy Lee (slow drag, 1903).
  3. Lovie Joe (from the Ziegfeld Follies of 1910)
    (words by Will Marion Cook).
  4. The Darkey Todalo: A Raggedy Rag (1910).
  5. Take Your Time (comic song, 1905/1907).
  6. The J.J.J. Rag (1905).
  7. I Am Waiting For You, Honey Dear (ballad, 1914).
  8. The Whippoorwill Dance (piano solo, c.1921).
    Rick Benjamin, piano.
  9. Dat's Ma Honey Sho's Yo' Born (comic song, 1912).
  10. That Teasin' Rag (1909).
  11. Brother-'N-Law Dan: Sequel to 'Lovie Joe' (1922).
  12. Pekin Rag - Intermezzo (1904).
  13. Teddy Roosevelt's 'Bull Moose' Song (1912).
  14. Bouclaire Waltzes (1904).
  15. The Morocco Blues (piano solo, 1922/1926).
    Rick Benjamin, piano.
  16. Sweetie Dear Fox Trot (1914).
  17. Sweetie Dear: An Afro-American Serenade (1906) (words by Will Marion Cook).
  18. Happiness (song, 1918).
  19. The Century March (1902).
  20. Tango Two Step (1912).
  21. Apendix A: Joe Jordan 1962 interview on the Pekin Theatre.
  22. Apendix B: Joe Jordan 1962 interview on his 1910s European vaudeville tours.

"...The Paragon Ragtime Orchesta's performances sound as authentic as you could wish...They are bouncy, joyous, and full of vaudevillian touches...Benjamin's detailed, scholarly notes are alone worth the price of the disc...All in all, an enjoyable and distinguished production." - FANFARE magazine

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