Francis Wilford-Smith presents a ten-part series on the role of the piano in the blues.
1: Ragtime and the Early Years The first black piano music to be recorded was the very
Popular ragtime at the turn of the century. But at the same time, a parallel stream of blues music was being taken up by such pianists as LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY, COW COW DAVENPORT and HERVE DUERSON. Mono
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