“Terry Waldo, ragtime pianist nonpareil and eminent scholar of the form, is musical director and arranger, at the piano. He acts too. Mr. Waldo is worth the price of a ticket.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES
Terry Waldo, the protégé of the late Eubie Blake, is a virtuoso ragtime, stride, and blues pianist as well as a vocalist and performer, famous for his dry wit. Mr. Waldo is also an author, composer, producer, band leader and theatrical music director. In a professional career that has spanned over fifty years, Terry has produced and arranged over sixty albums, including his newest on Turtle Bay Records: I Double Dare You which features Tatiana Eva-Marie and Waldo’s Gotham City Band. He is currently producing a podcast, This Is Ragtime and a new documentary, This Is Ragtime: The Birth of American Music.
Mr. Waldo’s book, This Is Ragtime, has been reprinted in an updated and expanded version by Jazz at Lincoln Center Library Editions. The definitive book on the subject, it is introduced by Wynton Marsalis who notes, “If I want to know anything about Ragtime, I go to Terry Waldo.” His acclaimed twenty-six part NPR radio series, of the same title, fueled the 1970s ragtime revival.
“THIS IS RAGTIME” Podcast
In a professional career spanning over 50 years, musician and historian Terry Waldo has performed on and produced over 70 albums of ragtime and trad jazz. He has written a book on the subject, also called This Is Ragtime. He has known personally and performed with many legends of this music. Drawing on his vast library of recordings and interviews, Terry presents the story of the music as he has known it from the inside.
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