Butch Thompson : Thompson Plays Joplin
Genre: Ragtime	Dates: Music (1899-1914) Performance (1998)

Thompson, who shows up to play in Columbia occasionally, invigorates Scott Joplin's music rather than embalms it (the usual method). His interpretations aren't radical; it's just that they're light and playful, thus truer to the originals than all but the best high-art recitals.

Playlist:

1. Maple Leaf Rag
2. Bethena: A Concert Waltz
3. Swipsey Cakewalk
4. Wall Street Rag
5. Ragtime Dance
6. Solace: A Mexican Serenade
7. Pine Apple Rag
8. Heliotrope Bouquet
9. Elite Syncopations
10. Lily Queen
11. Euphonic Sounds
12. Cascades, The
13. Magnetic Rag