Jazz Heritage Society's Ragtime is yet another edition on CD of a very well traveled recording once issued under the title of Ragtime Back to Back; it features the back-to-back talents of pianist/composers
William Bolcom and
William Albright in
Scott Joplin and
James P. Johnson works, respectively; it originally appeared as an LP on the University of Michigan label in 1976. There was a time when Ann Arbor, MI, was a flashpoint for traditional jazz and ragtime; in the 1950s, the Boll Weevil Jazz Band was a hot ticket, and figures like
Bolcom and
Albright were major players in the ragtime revival of the 1960s and 1970s. Ultimately, this disc resurfaced on MusicMasters and Musical Heritage Society; Jazz Heritage Society is the jazz-oriented label belonging to MHS.