Yet another unmissable release from Marc-André Hamelin. From the easy-going elegance of "Tabby Cat Walk" to the high spirits of "Eubie's Luckey Day" (and the altogether wilder antics of "Brass Knuckles"), William Bolcom's lifelong and affectionate homage to-and continuation of- this archetypal American genre is a guaranteed winner.
7 Bolcom: The Garden of Eden II. the Eternal Feminine
8 Bolcom: The Garden of Eden III. the Serpent's Kiss
9 Bolcom: The Garden of Eden IV. Through Eden's Gates
10 Bolcom: California Porcupine Rag
11 Bolcom: The Gardenia
12 Bolcom: The Brooklyn Dodge
13 Bolcom: Contentment
14 Bolcom: Three Ghost Rags I. Graceful Ghost Rag
15 Bolcom: Three Ghost Rags II. the Poltergeist
16 Bolcom: Three Ghost Rags III. Dream Shadows
17 Bolcom: Raggin' Rudi
18 Bolcom: Three Classical Rags II. Epitaph for Louis Chauvin
19 Bolcom: Three Popular Rags I. Seabiscuits Rag
20 Bolcom: Estela 'Rag Latino'
21 Bolcom: Fields of Flowers
22 Bolcom: Three Classical Rags III. Incineratorag
23 Bolcom: Knight Hubert
24 Bolcom: Lost Lady Rag
25 Bolcom: Three Classical Rags I. Glad Rag
26 Bolcom: Three Popular Rags III. Last Rag
27 Bolcom: Brass Knuckles
Yet another unmissable release from Marc-André Hamelin. From the easy-going elegance of "Tabby Cat Walk" to the high spirits of "Eubie's Luckey Day" (and the altogether wilder antics of "Brass Knuckles"), William Bolcom's lifelong and affectionate homage to-and continuation of- this archetypal American genre is a guaranteed winner.