During the 1970's, Folkways put out a series of hodge-podge ragtime collections that, although not complete and often lacking recording dates, made available a variety of very rare recordings. This particular LP has 16 examples of pianists performing their own works. Other than
Rube Bloom
,
Arthur Schutt
and
Mike Bernard
(and those players are no longer household names), the performers are quite obscure. However the performances (which often fall into the novelty ragtime genre) contain plenty of exciting moments and show off the musicians' technical skills. ~ Scott Yanow