RALPH SUTTON Ragtime Piano THE VILLAIN/ Cataract Rag Down Home RECORD 7
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Description
A series of great JAZZ Records from early Ragtime to Beb-Bop on 78 rpm Victrola Records
Great Blues Piano by San Francisco pianist Ralph Sutton on the semi private Music Store Label DOWN HOME Albany (the store is still in business!)
Down Home ?– 7
A Cataract Rag
Composed By – Robert Hampton
B The Villain
Composed By – Lu Watters
10" 78 rpm record
Condition:
BETTER THAN EXCELLENT pristine, plays E+ EXCEPTIONALLY quiet
A CHOICE COPY
Ralph Earl Sutton (November 4, 1922 – December 30, 2001) was an American jazz pianist born in Hamburg, Missouri. He was a stride pianist in the tradition of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller.
Biography
Sutton was born in Hamburg, Missouri, the son of Earl Sutton and Edna Sutton. His younger sister Barbara Sutton Curtis was also a jazz pianist.[1][2]
Sutton had a stint as a session musician with Jack Teagarden's band before joining the US Army during World War II. After the war, he played at various venues in Missouri, eventually ending up at Eddie Condon's club in Greenwich Village. In 1956, he relocated to San Francisco, California, where he recorded several albums with Bob Scobey's dixieland band. From the 1960s onward, he worked mostly on his own. However, when the World's Greatest Jazz Band was established in 1968, he was the natural choice for piano. He left that band in 1974 due to the extensive travel involved, and joined an old sidekick, Peanuts Hucko, in a quartet in Denver, near his home in Evergreen, Colorado.[3]:1–4, 133, 202
Fellow jazz pianist Jess Stacy said this about Ralph Sutton: "He is a superb piano player and a great guy. There's nothing upstage about him. I really admire the way he plays. He's one of the few piano players who uses both hands, and it's sure nice to know that a player like Ralph is still around. I can't say enough good things about him. He's one of the greats, and I hope he gets the recognition he deserves."[3]:180
Sutton died of a stroke in Evergreen, Colorado at the age of 79.[4]
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