"MAPLE LEAF RAG" Brun Campbell Brun (un-numbered) E+ ca. 1947
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Description
BRUN CAMPBELL was a runaway teen in 1897, when he settled in Sedalia Missouri. There, he met and befriended Ragtime Master SCOTT JOPLIN, who personally taught him piano, and how to play the "MAPLE LEAF RAG." Joplin's only white pupil played the piece for the rest of his life, just as instructed. Campbell made this single-sided record of it in 1947, thus preserving Scott Joplin's tempo and pianistic attitude - making it a priceless document of early ragtime.
This original ca. 1947 un-numbered Brun Recording Co. disk is in practically new condition.
(by the way, I live right around the corner from 711 Venice Boulevard, the address of Mr. Campbell's barber shop, and headquarters for his business, where you could always find a copy of this record! The place is STILL a hair salon!!)
PHOTO: Brun Campbell, "The Ragtime Kid," in his Sedalia days (ca. 1899).
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