Frolic Club

Frolic Club

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
This rare live recording by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra was recorded on July 18, 1944 at the Frolic Club in Miami, FL.

Tracks:

Please Say You Will - Richard Zimmerman
A Picture Of Her Face - Richard Zimmerman
The Great Crush Collision March - Richard Zimmerman
Harmony Club Waltz - Richard Zimmerman
Combination March - Richard Zimmerman
Original Rags - Richard Zimmerman
Maple Leaf Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Swipesy - Cake Walk - Richard Zimmerman
Sunflower Slow Drag - Richard Zimmerman
Peacherine Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Augustan Club Waltz - Richard Zimmerman
The Easy Winners - Richard Zimmerman
Cleopha - Richard Zimmerman
The Strenuous Life - Richard Zimmerman
I Am Thinking Of My Pickanniny Days - Richard Zimmerman
The Ragtime Dance - Richard Zimmerman
A Breeze From Alabama - Richard Zimmerman
Elite Syncopations - Richard Zimmerman

Tracks:

March Majestic - S. Joplin
The Entertainer - S. Joplin
Something Doing - S. Joplin
Weeping Willow - S. Joplin
Little Black Baby - S. Joplin
Palm Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
The Favorite - S. Joplin
The Sycamore - S. Joplin
The Cascades - S. Joplin
The Chrysanthemum - S. Joplin
Rosebud March - S. Joplin
Bethena - S. Joplin
Leola - S. Joplin
Sarah Dear - S. Joplin
Binks Waltz - S. Joplin
Eugenia - S. Joplin
Antoinette - S. Joplin
Snoring Sampson - S. Joplin

Tracks:

Gladiolus Rag - S. Joplin
Searchlight Rag - S. Joplin
The Nonpareil (None to Equal) - S. Joplin
When Your Hair Is Like The Snow - S. Joplin
Rose Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
Heliotrope Bouquet - S. Joplin
School Of Ragtime - S. Joplin
Fig Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
Sugar Cane - S. Joplin
Pine Apple Rag - S. Joplin
Wall Street Rag - S. Joplin
Solace - S. Joplin
Pleasant Moments - S. Joplin
Country Club - S. Joplin
Paragon Rag - S. Joplin
Euphonic Sounds - S. Joplin
Stoptime Rag - S. Joplin
Felicity Rag - S. Joplin

Tracks:

Highlights From Treemonisha - Richard Zimmerman
A Real Slow Drag - Richard Zimmerman
Prelude To Act 3 - Richard Zimmerman
Frolic Of The Bears - Richard Zimmerman
Lovin' Babe - Richard Zimmerman
Scott Joplin's New Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Kismet Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Magnetic Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Reflection Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Silver Swan Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Lily Queen - Richard Zimmerman
Sensation - Richard Zimmerman

Customer Reviews:

Available at retailers for about $18.......2006-12-21

Excellent collection - but there are re-sellers listed here that are selling this for as much $50 or $60. Yikes, most major retailers are selling this complete set for $18 - so beware.

A classic compilation.......2006-10-07

This collection is one of my most treasured possessions. (My father gave me the original 5-album set in the 70's when it was originally released on vinyl.)

This is the definitive collection of Scott Joplin's work. Richard Zimmerman provides wonderful performances that accurately reflect Joplin's intentions. (As evidence beyond my personal opinion, I submit the recent releases of digital recordings made from Joplin's piano rolls.)

A few points to consider regarding negative comments you may encounter in other reviews:
* This is a digital recording from an analog master. Lack of quality in the recording does not imply a lackluster performance.
* This is a complete collection. Some similarity is due to Joplin re-exploring melodic themes. But some is due to the fact that these are "rags". One might as well complain that all 50's doo-wop (or all 70's disco) sounds the same.
* Many pieces of the period exhibit formal musical structures, such as the marches of John Phillips Sousa. (Both Sousa and Joplin performed at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.) Actually, Joplin is responsible for extending the formal boundaries of ragtime to concert waltzes (Bethena) and opera (A Guest of Honor, Treemonisha)
* This is probably one of the few collections which will include selections from "Treemonisha". It is my understanding that after the initial release, one of Joplin's descendants made a copyright claim that was upheld in court. (I presume the issue was that Joplin had to finance "Treemonisha" himself, and therefore the customary performance clearances did not cover those selections.)

For ragtime students and enthusiasts, this is a "must-have" collection at a very affordable price.

A dis-service to Joplin.......2006-02-01

Sadly, the only virtue this set possesses is completeness.

The pianist does not play Joplin's pieces "as written", the piano is of poor quality, and not properly in tune.

This is emphatically NOT the set to buy. A far better set, beautifully annotated and well played on a good concert grand piano, is the complete works played by Guido Nielsen on the Basta Label.

This set is a dis-service to Joplin and his music. He deserves better, and gets it elsewhere.

Unique .......2004-10-19

I have several cd sets of Joplin's music: Rifkin, Arpo, Nielsen, and Zimmerman. All have their excellent qualities. What sets Zimmerman's set apart is the inclusion of excerpts from Joplin's opera, Treemonisha---especially "A Real Slow Drag." Why the other sets do not include excerpts from Treemonisha, I don't know---because they are some of his most beautiful and joyful pieces of music. Of course, you can hear the orchestrated version of Treemonisha in the Houston Grand Opera recording, and it is spectacular. But Zimmerman's piano version, especially of "A Real Slow Drag," is not to be missed.

Great set.......2001-10-16

I guess this will be a rather one sided review. I have been a fan of Scott Joplin since I first learned to play a piano.

I was shocked to see that one reviewer thought it all sounded the same. How silly. All of Frank Sinatra's music sounds like Frank Sinatra. All of Led Zeppelin sounds like Led Zeppelin. So, if the songs were drastically different, I would question if the same author composed them. As it is, though, each song on this set is fantastic!!

I don't know that I have heard of Richard Zimmerman, and I was a little leary as to what I would be getting, I certainly was impressed. Without a doubt the best renditions of "Weeping Willow" and "Bethena" I have heard, and at least a dozen songs I didn't know Joplin wrote.

Tracks:

Crowd Control - Ramos Supreme
Killer - Sy And Demo
Eternity - Jimmy J/Justin Time/Jenka
Time - Vinylgroover
You're Mine - DJ Demo
Cloudy Daze - Bang!
12' Of Love - Sy And Eruption
I Feel You - DJ FADE
Natural High - Codeine And Unknown
Kick Your Legs - DNA And Breeze
See The Light - Brisk And Trixxy
Big Up The Bass - Blitz and Blaze
Sweet In Pocket 97' - Justin Time
Get Into Love - Anti-Social
People's Party - Hixxy And Sunset Regime
Keep On Trying - Fade And Alchemist

Customer Reviews:

The Best of the Series!!! Old Skool Goodness!!!.......2004-05-22

This CD is old skool Happy Hardcore bliss!!! The best tracks are "Sunshine on a Cloudy Day", "You're Mine", "Time after Time", "12 inches of Love", "Natural High", "Kick your Legs in the Air" and "Keep on Trying". You will not get bored of this CD. You will love it forever. Also, try all of Anabloic Frolic's other Happy 2b Hardcore mix CD's, as well as Original Hardcore 2: The Battle, the Bonkers Series (Hixxy, Sharkey and Scott Brown), and check amazon.co.uk for Hardcore, and Hardcore vol. 2 both mixed by Sy & Unknown (great scratching!) Hardcore 'Til I Die!!!!

The best chapter of them all.......2003-03-02

This is by far the best chapter in the Happy 2b Hardcore series (there are 7 total chapters to date). Addictive synth rhythms, drum breakz, beautifully composed vocals make it impossible to get 'bored', unlike most dance & trance CDs that repeat the same 8 measures over and over and over - You will find yourself humming the tracks days after you listen to the CD! If you are new to the Happy Hardcore scene, this should DEFINITELY be the first CD in your collection. There is never a dull moment from start to finish - DJ Anabolic Frolic is the mastermind behind the flawless mixing between tracks - you can barely tell when one song ends and the next begins!!! This was the first hardcore CD I ever bought, and to this day (4+ years later), it is STILL the best. Chapter 2 comes in 1st place, then chapter 6, then 7 - Get them all!!!!

to buy, or not to buy?.......2002-12-28

One thing about this cd is that it contains an excessive amount of female vocals and cheesy lyrics. the drum and bass lines are the same throughout the whole cd which makes it somewhat boring. the beat is more of a constant gabber with a couple tricks thrown in the mix here and there. I think this cd would be more suitable for the ladies. this cd is barely techno. Overall, it isnt to terrible of a listen.

another happy set........2002-12-22

this cd picks up from the 1st with its old skool happiness. like the 1st chapter, the cd starts out at 170 bpm, and finishes with 175 bpm. the best song on this cd is big up the bass, you just cant get enough of that happy melody. and bang! has a happy song "cloudy daze" that just makes you feel like you are outside in bright warm sunshine dancing around at a rave. the mixing is a little better, but really short and there is hardly any blend to it, just beat matching and fadings. but another great collection of tunes

always happy a second time!.......2002-04-23

i just got this cd a few weeks ago when i went to media play. i really didnt know any of the songs on here so you can say it was a "blind buy", but since i had all the rest, i wanted to complet my collection. all the songs on here are wonderfully mixed (the best mixed in the whole set) for example: during song (3) you here DNA saying "kick your legs in the air" then when you put it on song (10) you here DNA again saying "kicking ur legs in the air" thats what i mean by it being mixed wonderfully. if i love this cd so much then WHY did i only give it 4 stars?? HARDLY ANY SONGS GET TO THE 140 BPM LIMIT!!!!!!!! i mean, c'mon anabolic frolic, you could have atleast made it fast! if you are one of those ppl that have close minded friends, then they are gonna tink ur a freak for buying this. but its ur decision.

The Complete Works of Scott Joplin, Vol. 1-5

Average customer rating:

Wilmot
Delightful colletion of Scott Joplin's music
Avoid
One Star for Pity
The Complete Works?? I think not

The Complete Works of Scott Joplin, Vol. 1-5

Manufacturer: Delta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin: The Complete Rags, Marches, Waltzes & Songs
James Scott: The Complete Works 1903-1922

ASIN: B000001VWW
Release Date: 1993-11-30

Tracks:

Please Say You Will
A Picture Of Her Face
The Great Crush Collision March
Harmony Club Waltz
Combination March
Original Rags
Maple Leaf Rag
Swipesy-Cake Walk
Sunflower Slow Drag
Peachtree Rag
Augustan Club Waltz
The Easy Winners
Cleopha
The Strenuous Life

Tracks:

I Am Thinking Of My Pickanniny Days
The Ragtime Dance
A Breeze From Alabama
Elite Syncopations
March Majestic
The Entertainer
Something Doing
Weeping Willow
Little Black Baby
Palm Leaf Rag
The Favorite
The Sycamore
The Cascades
The Chrysanthemum

Tracks:

Rosebud March
Bethena
Leola
Sarah Dear
Binks Waltz
Eugenia
Antoinette
Snoring Sampson
Gladiolus Rag
Searchlight Rag
The Nonpareil (Equal To None)
When Your Hair Is Like The Snow
Lose Leaf Rag
Heliotrope Bouquet

Tracks:

School Of Ragtime
Fig Leaf Rag
Sugar Cane
Pine Apple Rag
Wall Street Rag
Solace
Pleasant Moments
Country Club
Paragon Rag
Euphonic Sounds
Stoptime Rag
Felicity Rag
Lovin' Babe
Scot Joplin's New Rag

Tracks:

Highlights From Treemonisha
A Real Slow Drag
Prelude to Act 3
Frolic Of The Bears
Kismet Rag
Magnetic Rag
Reflection Rag
Silver Swan Rag
Lily Queen
Sensation

Customer Reviews:

Wilmot.......2007-01-10

Well done, with the only drawback that Joshua Rifkind is not at the piano. Sometimes the pace is too frenetic.

Delightful colletion of Scott Joplin's music.......2006-08-17

This is a wonderful collection of Scott Joplin's music. Delightful to own, to play over and over and over.

Avoid.......2004-10-30

I have to agree with "A music fan" is his review of March 2003.

The piano used is poor, and not even all that well in tune. The recorded sound quality is muffled and 'processed'-sounding.

And the playing, I am afraid, is an insult to Joplin. What a pity to produce so full a set, and to do it so badly. A travesty.

If you want a superb Joplin set, played "as wrote", on a good concert grand and played with verve and style, and well-recorded, it's got to be the new Guido Nielsen 4 CD set on the Basta label (Basta 30-91262).

For a really fine single CD recorded on a top-notch piano and with playing that brings out all the elegance in Joplin's music (which it isn't wrong to do - Joplin put it in there), try the new Naxos CD played by Alexander Peskanov (Naxos 8.559114).

The Zimmerman set, I am afraid, must be consigned to the dustbin. A pity.

One Star for Pity.......2003-05-05

My review in two statements: DON'T BUY IT. EVER.

One star for pity - and for the effort of going to the trouble of learning Scott Joplin's complete works. I know it must have been quite a task getting the sheet music for these works and it must have been quite a task learning them, but I cannot honestly say that this is a good recording. Richard Zimmerman plays these works on a piano with bad quality sound, and he plays these works with his own embellishments and in his own style. If you're going to take liberties with a written score, you'd might as well not even try to play it at all. Either play it as written, or don't play it. Why can't people understand that?

The Complete Works?? I think not.......2002-08-06

I bought the CD entitled the Complete Works of Scott Joplin but upon receiving it I found that it only contained 14 tracks from the Complete Works book. The CD at the price is certainly a good buy even with the 14 tracks but it should be more correctly labled as the "Almost" complete works - "Sort - Of" Complete works or maybe A Partial Compilation of the Complete Works but a Complete Works it is not. It appears that a more Complete Works also has the same label.. Or maybe I am missing something..

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Frolic Club
Jimmy Dorsey
Manufacturer: Canby Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003R0G
Release Date: 1995-07-25

Tracks:

Great Lie [Instrumental]
I'm in Love With Someone
Together
This I Love Above All
All the Things You Ain't [Instrumental]
Take It Easy [Instrumental]
I Dream of You
Sunset Strip [Instrumental]

Album Description

This rare live recording by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra was recorded on July 18, 1944 at the Frolic Club in Miami, FL.

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