March 30, 2024

Early Syncopated Dance Music

Folkways Records – RBF 37
Cakewalks, Two-Steps, Trots and Glides

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1978
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Jazz & Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 At a Georgia Camp Meeting: John Philip Sousa and Arthur Pryor (02:39)
A2 Smoky Mokes: The Columbia Symphony Orchestra (02:53)
A3 Creole Belles: The Metropolitan Orchestra (02:44)
A4 King Chanticleer: Prince's Band (03:01)
A5 Kerry Mills Ragtime Dance: The Zonophone Concert Band (02:18)
A6 Kentucky Kut Up: Pryor's Band (02:38)
A7 The Minstrel Band: Pryor's Band (02:36)
A8 Grizzly Bear: Pryor's Band (02:17)
B1 Gertrude Hoffman Glide: The Walter B. Rogers Band (02:52)
B2 Too Much Mustard: The Walter B. Rogers Band (02:55)
B3 Everybody Two-Step: Military Band (02:59)
B4 The Horse Trot: Military Band (02:43)
B5 One Step Instruction: G. Hepburn Wilson (03:53)
B6 Bon Ton One Step: Conway's Band (02:49)
B7 The Dancing Deacon: Hell Fighters Band (03:16)
B8 Bees Knees: Original Memphis Five (03:14)
[Credits]
Producer: David A. Jasen, Cover Artwork: L. Fellows, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Lively, singable, and simple, cakewalks, two-steps, and other social dance rhythms captured the minds and feet of the American dancing public at the beginning of the twentieth century. This selection introduces a variety of these hopping tunes, as well as an unusual instructional track that teaches listeners how to dance the one-step.

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