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Johnny Maddox
With over 45 albums and record sales of over 11 million, including 9 gold singles, it's no wonder Johnny Maddox is considered the King of Ragtime music.
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2231 Hartsville Pike
Gallatin, TN 37066
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David Reffkin
David Reffkin is a graduate of The New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. He is a violinist and has played in concert and theater pit orchestras, chamber groups, and as a soloist around the country and in Canada. His many performing activities included four years as first violinist with the Grammy winning New England Ragtime Ensemble (conducted by Gunther Schuller), and as a founder and codirector of the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival, where he directed the All-Star Orchestra for ten years.
He appears on numerous of recordings either as a soloist or ensemble member. Among these are LPs as the "fiddler" with Doc Severinsen. For 12 years he led a trio in a major hotel, performing the salon music of the turn of the century, just as it was during the original era. Since 1981 David has been the producer and host of "The Ragtime Machine" ("Music from the concert halls and barrooms of America"), a weekly program of ragtime music, news and interviews, on KUSF-FM, San Francisco. This long-running program is the only one of its type in the world. He also produces classical radio programs, and a series of programs wherein he interviews important researchers in astrophysics (another of his passions).
David is also a contributing editor of, and reviewer for, The Mississippi Rag, the leading journal of ragtime and traditional jazz. He is often consulted on ragtime-related projects as a contributor, draft reviewer, and proofreader for books and articles written by the country's leading authors on the subject.
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Adam Swanson
Adam Swanson, from the small town of Shenandoah, Iowa, is rapidly becoming known as one of the world’s foremost performers and historians of ragtime and early American popular music. He discovered ragtime on his grandparents’ “Web-TV” and has played the piano about eight years. Adam has studied piano with Waleed Howrani of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory. Although he is only eighteen years old, he has been a featured performer at ragtime and jazz festivals across the United States. In 2007 Adam appeared alongside John Arpin at the Bohem Ragtime and Jazz Festival in the Republic of Hungary. He is the youngest winner of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest held in Peoria, Illinois, having won the contest in 2008 and 2009. Recently, Adam recorded a duet album with the great Johnny Maddox. They perform together in the Diamond Belle Saloon at the Strater Hotel in Durango, Colorado. Adam is also an avid rail-fan, collects antique sheet music, records, and piano rolls. His CDs are available at cdbaby.com.
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