Artie Matthews (1888-1958)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Artie Matthews was an American ragtime and blues pianist, composer and educator. Born in Braidwood, Illinois, he was first taught by his mother and learned ragtime from two local pianists. After first playing in Springfield, he moved to St. Louis in 1908 becoming composer and arranger at Thomas Million Turpin's Booker T. Washington Theater. Whilst in St. Louis, he studied at the Keeton School of Music. He is credited as being the first to publish a blues, the Baby Seals Blues (1912); later his Weary Blues (1915) became a jazz standard. In the ragtime world he is best known for his inventive Pastime Rags, generally considered to be one of the greatest contributors to the genre.
Matthews moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1916 as a church organist. An early activist for equal rights he founded the Cosmopolitan School of Music, the first black owned and operated music conservatory in the USA. in recognition of his accomplishments and endeavours, he was warded an honorary doctoral degree by Central State University in 1938.

Websites:
	Dr. Artie Matthews	Brief biography by Matra Productions
	Artie Matthews	Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Pastime Rag No. 1 (1913)		Colin McDonald
	Pastime Rag No. 2 (1913)		Colin McDonald
	Pastime Rag No. 3 (1916)		Colin McDonald
	Pastime Rag No. 4 (1920)		Colin D. McDonald
	Pastime Rag No. 5 (1918)		Colin D. McDonald

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


Pastime Rag No. 1 (1913)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D+S/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Pastime Rag No. 2 (1913)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Pastime Rag No. 3 (1916)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/T/B/B/GB(B)
Pastime Rag No. 4 (1920)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/A/T/T/B/GB
Pastime Rag No. 5 (1918)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/T/B/GB(B)

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Brass Music CDs:
Avatar Brass Quintet	Magnetic Rags: Ragtime for Brass
Jazz Music CDs:
Stumptown Jazz	Hot Time in the Old Town
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	Honky Tonk Piano
Various Artists	Piano Music In America 1900-1945
New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	Grace and Beauty
Claude Bolling	Original Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling	Ragtime Bolling & Boogie	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Dave Dallwitz	Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. 1	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Dave Dallwitz	Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. II
⇑Alan Mandel	American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches
Firehouse Stompers	Leaving Our Mark
Paul Lingle	Live at the Jug Club
Paul Lingle	They Tore My Playhouse Down	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Trebor Jay Tichenor	Virginia's Favorites
Marco Fumo	Last Time Rag: Joplin - Morton et al
Evergreen Ragtime Trio	It's a Rouser
Richard Dowling	World's Greatest Piano Rags	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bryan Wright	Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 04
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 05
⇑Guido Nielsen	Kitten on the Keys
Scott Kirby	Bucktown in the 90's
Butch Thompson	Live at Illiana
Bill Edwards	The Art of the Rag
Bill Edwards	A Ragtime Sampler
Bill Edwards	The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE741	Pastime Rag No. 1 (1913) - A Slow Drag D+S/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE742	Pastime Rag No. 2 (1913) - A Slow Drag A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE743	Pastime Rag No. 3 (1916) - A Slow Drag A/T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE744	Pastime Rag No. 4 (1920) - A Slow Drag D/A/A/T/T/B/GB, approx. 2¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE745	Pastime Rag No. 5 (1918) - A Slow Drag D/A/T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


Pastime Rag No. 1 (1913)	D+S/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Pastime Rag No. 2 (1913)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Pastime Rag No. 3 (1916)	A/T/T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Pastime Rag No. 4 (1920)	D/A/A/T/T/B/GB	Pub.
Pastime Rag No. 5 (1918)	D/A/T/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Pastime Rag No. 1 (1913)	A. Matthews (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Pastime Rag No. 2 (1913)	A. Matthews (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Pastime Rag No. 3 (1916)	A. Matthews (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Pastime Rag No. 4 (1920)	A. Matthews (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Pastime Rag No. 5 (1918)	A. Matthews (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Weary Blues (1915), The	A. Matthews (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 18 works by Artie Matthews (1888-1958). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Give Me, Dear, Just One More Chance	1908	Ford H. Hayes (co-author)
Everybody Makes Love to Someone	1912	P. Franzi (co-author)
Twilight Dreams	1912	H. Inman (co-author)
Waiting	1912	Emma Ettienne (words)
Wise Old Moon	1912	H. Inman (co-author)
Lucky Dan, My Gamblin' Man	1913	Charles H. Hunter (co-author)
Old Oak Tree by the Wayside	1913	T. Hilbren Schaefer (co-author)
Pastime Rag No. 1	1913	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Pastime Rag No. 2	1913	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Princess Prance, The	1913	Chas. A. Hunter (co-author)
When I'm Gone	1913	Chas. A. Hunter (co-author)
⇑ Weary Blues - Song, The	1915	Mort Greene (words) George Cates (words)
Weary Blues, The	1915		Pub.
Everything He Does Just Pleases Me	1916
Pastime Rag No. 3	1916	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Pastime Rag No. 5	1918	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Pastime Rag No. 4	1920	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Birmingham Blues (w&m)	1922	Charles McCord (co-author)