According to the Internet source given below, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra is the world's only year-round, professional ensemble re-creating America's Original Music the syncopated sounds of early musical theater, silent cinema, and vintage dance. The PRO came into being as the result of Rick Benjamin's 1985 discovery of thousands of turn-of-the-century orchestra scores once belonging to Victrola recording star Arthur Pryor. In 1988 the Orchestra made its formal debut at Alice Tully Hall the first concert ever presented at Lincoln Center by such an ensemble. | Websites: | |||
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The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra | Performers' home page. |
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Black Manhattan | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Black Manhattan Vol. 2 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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From Barrelhouse to Broadway: The Musical Odyssey of Joe Jordan | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Knockout Drops | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Midnight Frolic: The Broadway Theater Music of Louis A. Hirsch | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Minding the Score: The Music of Harry L. Alford | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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More Candy | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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On The Boardwalk | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (finally) Plays "The Entertainer" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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⇑ Round The Christmas Tree | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Scott Joplin: Treemonisha | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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That Demon Rag! | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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The Whistler and His Dog | |
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You're A Grand Old Rag: The Music of George M. Cohan | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Maple Leaf Rag (3:10) | S. Joplin | ![]() |
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Meet The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (2014) (2:09) | ||
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Paragon Ragtime Orchestra - Buster Keaton finale (4:46) | ||
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W.C. Handy's 'Jogo Blues' (1913) (3:52) | W.C. Handy |