Ragtime after-hours, WCRF 2015: Agitation Rag, New Era Rag

From the afterglow party following the 2015 West Coast Ragtime Festival, a couple of rags played party style. In the foreground at the beginning is John Reed-Torres, with Tom Brier on the far piano. Soon Tom is joined by Jeff Barnhart, and John is joined by Bill Edwards. Andrew Barrett joins in on his washboard necktie. Later still, Bill moves to join Tom on the second number.
The first rag is "Agitation Rag", published in 1915, which is one of only three surviving works by Robert Hampton. The sheet music can be downloaded here: webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inhar...
The second is "New Era Rag" by James Scott, published in 1919. The sheet music can be downloaded here: www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200033212/ or here: en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_Er...
You'll notice a major difference in how the sheet music is presented in these two pieces, despite being from the same publisher. The earlier work has large margins and the music is well spaced. It was printed on larger sheets of paper as well (something you can't quite tell from the PDFs). During the war, a conservation effort led to smaller paper sizes being used and packing more notes on the pages. After the war, this practice of using paper size of typically 8.5 x 11 inches continued, and remains in use today.
See the festival web site, www.westcoastragtime.com

[@xylopiano3]

Notice the lady dancing in the background. This is her jam. XD

[@noahmay7708]

She's having the best of times.

[@thememeteam7585]

@@noahmay7708 Sure is! Wish I had moves like her!

[@JonathanMartin884]

Tom truly was the master. While his playing days have ended, his legend and his incredible music lives on!

[@Tweeekz]

Love the dancing lady!

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Thanks, 1st. Brings tears to the eyes. Maybe, one day again, God willing.

[@skyesprik4772]

(I'm also Alimaria, btw) I had the privilege of watching John Reed-Torres play last month at the OC ragtime group and I'm sure there's some sort of term for it, but he plays so FLUIDLY, I really enjoy watching him play. I hope to one day have that style.

[@ahkaishecheyhi]

Wonderful seeing more of Tom. Any updates on his condition? Praying for him.

[@jaypaint4855]

In case you’re wondering, he’s living at his parents’ house now, and has not recovered very much

[@gualt6762]

just found my favorite video on this channel. everything about this is perfect

[@Degenerate_Gen]

2:14 love when Tom does those little looks up when he knows he's misbehavin'!

[@thememeteam7585]

Tom’ a bad boy 👦

[@Nyce2Everyone]

music that MAKES ME SMILE

[@DrpanProductions]

That wash board tie is frealing Brilliant!

[@sirpizza2044]

@Marshall Matez that spoon player ruined the whole thing basically

[@Persun_McPersonson]

@@sirpizza2044
I'm gonna be honest, both of these performances were all about having fun, and I loved the spoons. The washboard tie was great for sure and sounded a little better, but I don't see how the spoons somehow "ruined it" for the other one.

[@sirpizza2044]

@@Persun_McPersonson becasue the spoon player had no idea what he was doing and was off beat the entire time it just git on my nerves

[@Persun_McPersonson]

@@sirpizza2044
It's all in good fun, so it doesn't bother me. You're looking at it too critically when the whole performance was for fun and nothing else.

[@ashleyisachild]

I hadn't noticed that the first time I watched this 😂

[@danieldarmon5335]

Oui, prions pour Tom..

[@ragtimejohn]

Good times

[@sheilawatson3431]

this is some good ragtime!
prayers for tom....
how is he?

[@MikeyKiKiTV]

That lady is literally me dancing in the corner whenever tom plays xDDDDD

[@user-mh3uc9nm5l]

Парни! Вы рвете рояли!🤣👍👍👍

[@Jp-md3ir]

My guy made a mortal's mistake speeding up on ole Tom 🤣 however he's a hell of a player as well, he kept up

[@noahmay7708]

I like that guys outfit.

[@diekronederwelt9117]

Great!!! So much "agitation". Great sound of the two pianos. What do you think about finding the right pace (tempo) for playing ragtimes?

[@gabesickler3692]

Is this an acoustic black midi?

[@sunnysideupp1797]

finally, an accurate like to dislike ratio.

[@sunnysideupp1797]

this is my first time seeing a like to dislike ratio of 100% likes that has more than 3 likes

[@alberttito7215]

me gusta la señora que esta bailando

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

My dream is to play this music but....I love reg time..

[@moarrypoe3079]

That was a nice made up ending. Is that in the sheet keeper?

[@Keeper1st]

Yeah; they're just playing it faster and faster to challenge each other.

[@StuartSimon]

Cataract, Agitation, what’s the third Hampton piece?

[@Keeper1st]

His first, The Dogin' Rag.

[@isambo400]

I want to dance like the lady in the back

[@Madara-tj5kv]

First comentary

[@ahkaishecheyhi]

Not quite ;)