Composed by Ubie Blake.
Arranged by Jeff Bergler.
American Ragtime. Score
and parts. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2914).
Eubie Blake
composed the Charleston
Rag in 1899 for Piano
under the title Sounds of
Africa while working at
Aggie Shelton's Bawdy
House in Baltimore as a
precocious 12 year old.
Geoffrey Bergler has
arranged Eubie's Ragtime
classic of about 4
minutes in length for
Brass Quintet of advanced
performers. Trumpet
parts are in B-flat.