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JOPLIN, JOHNSON, WALLER & THOMPSON - BUTCH THOMPSON AND YOUR ORCHESTRA PLAY THE MUSIC OF SOME AMERICAN MASTERS
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• Scott Joplin, known as "The King of Ragtime"
• James P. Johnson, "The Father of Stride Piano"
• Fats Waller, consummate entertainer and wizard of stride piano
• Butch Thompson's own "Ecuadorian Suite," orchestrated by Gordon Wright.
• Eubie Blake, writer of dazzling rags and gorgeous love songs
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"...a full and powerful left hand as the rhythm section, and a dexterous, agile right for solo and harmonic work, Thompson's playing is orchestral itself." - Muskegon Chronicle |
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"The music exudes for the listener time, race, history and passion. As played by a player with the gifts of Thompson..it rolls you over. When he strolled into the divine 'Jelly's Blues' you were lost in the subtlety. Joy and blues made the night" - Al Ahram, Cairo Egypt |
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Butch Thom pson is eligible for arts funding support through the Heartland Arts Fund
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