Here's a great example of ragtime piano the way it was: this recording was played by Manuel "Fess" Manetta, an old New Orleans "professor" of the 1910s. <br />Manuel Manetta was an accomplished ragtime pianist, but he also played other instruments and teached music. One of his students was famous jazz trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen. <br />This recording is accompanied by film footage of Fess Manetta playing piano. <br />The piece is Scott Joplin's "Cascades" and that's the kind of music played in New Orleans' red light district in those days.
