Ragtime, Stride and Vaudeville: The Music Before Jazz

The piano joints, theater circuits and tent shows that forged jazz's raw material before anyone called it jazz.

Playlist by @birth_of_jazz

13 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Scott Joplin Ragtime Documentary by Rudi Blesh 1977 — itsRemco
2. They All Play Ragtime (1977) — Adam Swanson
3. Willie "The Lion" (2004) [Rare Ragtime / Early Jazz Piano / Stride Piano Documentary] by Marc Fields — itsRemco
4. Why Scott Joplin Was America's First Pop Star — Polyphonic
5. A Brief History of Ragtime Music — pianoTV
6. Scott Joplin: How Ragtime Changed Music — The Music Professor
7. The First Recording of Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" | Now Hear This — Great Performances | PBS
8. The Origins of Jazz #1: Africa, Europe, and the New World — Jazz at Lincoln Center's JAZZ ACADEMY
9. The Journey from Vaudeville to Cinema — The Motion of Pictures
10. What IS Vaudeville? — The Milo Miles Too
11. Vaudeville: From Small-Time Acts to Ziegfelds Follies — Flagler Museum
12. James P Johnson The Charleston 1925 — oldtimecharlie
13. The African-American Roots of the Charleston Dance — Christian Frommelt