This Is Ragtime Now!


This Is Ragtime Now! is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones featuring interpretations ragtime tunes recorded in 1964 for the ABC-Paramount label.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "this trio, which worked as a rhythm section together on countless music dates of many styles during the 1950s and 1960s, obviously had what it took. But Jones is stuck on a campy honky tonk piano instead of a grand piano on the first half of the LP, so the performances tend to sound a lot like the cornucopia of similar records made by pianists not in the leader's league. But the trio makes its best effort and succeeds in spite of the inferior keyboard".

Track listing

  1. "Maple Leaf Rag" - 3:06
  2. "Cascades" - 2:59
  3. "Sunflower Slow Drag" - 3:07
  4. "St. Louis Rag" - 3:02
  5. "Bohemia" - 3:10
  6. "Eugenia" - 3:26
  7. "Sensation Rag" - 3:10
  8. "Ragtime Nightingale" - 3:11
  9. "The Cannonball" - 2:38
  10. "Contentment Rag" - 2:38
  11. "Jazz Mag Rag" - 3:03
  12. "Bag O' Rags" - 2:23

Personnel