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Ragtime Music by William Bolcom
By Paul Johnson

Jan Kijlstra asked about recordings of "The Graceful Ghost" by William
Bolcom.  Albany Records has recently issued a 2 CD set of Bolcom's work
that includes "Graceful Ghost".  Albany Records is based in Albany, New
York.  Try some web searching for the address.  (I didn't see the CD on
the Tower Records site).

John Arpin features the song on his "Kings Of Ragtime" CD.  William
Bolcom recorded it on "Let's Do It: Bolcom & Morris At Aspen", also
William Bolcom on "A Century Of Ragtime" CD

Bolcom originally recorded this on a Nonesuch LP from the 1970s.
Subsequent recordings have been made by other performers but I can't
really rattle them all off at the top of my head.  There may be a
version on one of the Max Morath CDs issued from Vanguard.

Let us know if you can track it down.

Paul Johnson
The Piano Roll Shop
Burlington, VT



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