BUNNY FOY with Lino Patruno Jazz Show <br />"Alexander's Ragtime Band" <br />Bunny Foy (vocals), Carlo Bagnoli (soprano saxophone), Sante Palumbo (piano), Lino Patruno (guitar), Marco Ratti (bass), <br />Carlo Sola (drums). <br />Milan, January 29, 1979 <br /><br />http://www.linopatruno.it <br />http://www.cambiamusica.it <br />http://www.michaelsupnick.com <br /><br />"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is the name of a song by Irving Berlin. It was his first major hit, in 1911. There is some evidence, although inconclusive, that Irving Berlin borrowed the melody from a draft composition submitted by Scott Joplin that had been submitted to a publisher. <br /><br />"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is not itself an example of the ragtime musical idiom; apart from some mild syncopation, it has almost none of ragtime's characteristic features. Nonetheless, the lyrics clearly refer to the arrival of African-American musicians on the popular scene with their then-new idea of playing standard songs in a more exciting up-tempo style.
