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Manhattan Serenade
Piano Masterpieces of the Jazz Age

The music of George Gershwin, Billy Mayerl, and Others.

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1.    Manhattan Serenade (1928) Louis Alter
2.    Dolly Dimples (1927) Louis Alter
3.    Syncopated Love Song (1930) Dana Suesse
4.    Serenade to A Skyscraper (1941) Dana Suesse
5.    Shreveport Stomp (1925) Jelly Roll Morton

       Aquarium Suite (1937) Billy Mayerl
6.        Willow Moss
7.        Moorish Idol
8.        Fantail
9.        Whirligig

10.    The Joker (1934) Billy Mayerl
11.    Sweet William (1938) Billy Mayerl
12.    Estelle (1930) Frankie Carle

13.    Silhouette: A Musical Outline (1927) Rube Bloom
14.    Sapphire: A Musical Gem (1927) Rube Bloom
15.    That Futuristic Rag (1923) Rube Bloom
16.    Aunt Jemima’s Birthday (1931) Rube Bloom

17.    Society Blues (1927) James Blythe
18.    The Cyclone (1923) Ferdie Grofé
19.    Chromatic Capers (1925) George L. Cobb
20.    Feeding the Kitty (1919) George L. Cobb

21.    Russianova (1923) Bert Grant and Cecil Arnold
22.    Variations on “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee” (1912)

Recorded August 2011 on a 9-foot, two-inch Fazioli Concert Grand Piano, Model F278

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Racing Down the Black and Whites

The music of George Gershwin, Billy Mayerl, and Others.

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Racing Down The Black and Whites
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Gershwin's Three Preludes.
1. Prelude 1: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
2. Prelude 2: Andante con moto e poco rubato
3. Prelude 3: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

4. Novelette in Fourths
5. Rialto Ripples Rag
6. Blue Moonlight
7. Afternoon of a Black Faun
8. Marigold

Four Aces Suite by Billy Mayerl
9. Ace of Clubs
10. Ace of Diamonds
11. Ace of Hearts
12. Ace of Spades

13. Springtime of Love: A Concert Paraphrase
14. Nanette
15. Syncopétude
16. Racing Down the Black and Whites
17. Grand Fantasy on Themes from Show Boat

Recorded January 2010 on a 9-foot, two-inch Fazioli Concert Grand Piano, Model F278

Double Trouble

Frederick Hodges and Adam Swanson playing their own piano duet arrangements of popular rags and songs.

Double Trouble
Maple Leaf Rag
The Entertainer
Swipsey Cake Walk
Stay Out Of The South
Dill Pickles
Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Nola
Canadian Capers
Happy Feet
Painoflage
Kitten On The Keys
Manhattan Madness
Space Shuffle

Recorded on Two Fazioli Concert Grand Pianos
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Up And Down The Keys

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Up and Down The Keys
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Piano Pan
Up And Down The Keys
Try and Play It
Dixie Kisses
Broken Glass
Jacquette
Ivory Chips
Sparkles
Dancing With A Deb
Bluin’ The Black Keys
Something Doing
The Midnight Trot
Static And Code
Hop House Blues
Owl On The Organ
Savannah Sunset
Rackety Rag
The Music Box Rag
Shy And Sly
The Lion Tamer Rag

Kitten On The Keys
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Also Available as a physical CD from Worlds Records
or The Scott Joplin Foundation Ragtime Store

Kitten On The Keys
You Tell 'Em Ivories
The Blue Grass Rag
Buffalo Means Business
That Hindu Rag
Russian Rag
Cucumber Rag
Daintiness Rag
The Maurice Walk
Drawing Room Echoes
Smiles and Chuckles
Kinklets
The Pippin
Novelty Rag
Panama
A Tennessee Tantalizer
Palm Beach
Fizz Water
The Chevy Chase

Ragtime Dance Party

Pegasus
The Cake Walk In The Sky
Hello Frisco Medley
Pickles and Peppers
Whistling Rufus
Who Let The Cows Out?
Honky Tonky
Poor Butterfly
Rabbit's Foot
Pork and Beans
Queen Rag
Castle House Rag
Smoky Mokes
The Smoky Topaz
Wild Cherries Rag
Pleasant Moments
Maori
Shake It and Break It
The Lion Tamer Rag

Hello, Frisco!

I Wants A Ping Pong Man
The Dance Of The Grizzly Bear
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Everybody’s Doing It Now
The Oceana Roll
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Row, Row, Row
Snookey Ookums
That International Rag
Aba Daba Honeymoon
I Want To Go Back To Michigan
Hello, Frisco!
If You Only Had My Disposition
I Love A Piano
The Dixie Volunteers
When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band To France
Sahara

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Turn On The Heat

Dancing Tambourine
Moonlight on the Ganges
Deep Night
Up in the Clouds
Thinking of You
Flapperette
Meditation
Zwei Dunkle Augen, Zwei
Eier Im Glas!
Innocent Ingenue Baby
Rooster Rag
Dancing the Devil Away
Looking for a Boy
Idawanna
Two Little Babes in the Wood
Castilian
Turn on the Heat
Doll Dance
There's a Lump of Sugar Down in Dixie
Me and the Boy Friend
Texas Fox Trot
Room With a View
Chong

Picnics

Pickles and Peppers
Champagne Rag
Texas Fox Trot
Paragon Rags
Heliotrope Bouquet
Pineapple Rag
Country Club
Possum And Taters
Bohemia Rag
Pork And Beans
Kismet Rag
Bethena

DVDs
Featuring scores composed, compiled, and
performed by Frederick Hodges

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Release date: 24 January 2012
Paramount Studios

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Release date: 11 November 2011
From Image Entertainment, Produced by David Shepard

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What are the critics saying about Frederick Hodges?

"If you love ragtime, stride piano, and novelty numbers of the teens, 1920s and 30s, you’re bound to fall in love with these collections by Frederick Hodges."

Leonard Maltin

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"This CD by Frederick Hodges belongs in the library of everyone who truly cares about ragtime and novelty piano music. Highly recommended."

Jack Rummel

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