p, voc, *1944 US, Ironton, Ohio
Singer / Musician / Composer / Producer of Jazz
Terry Waldo (born November 26, 1944, Ironton, Ohio) is an American pianist, composer, and historian of early jazz, blues, and stride music, and is best known for his contribution to the genre of ragtime and his role in reviving interest in this form, starting in the 1970s. Says Wynton Marsalis in his introduction to Waldo's book: "He teaches Ragtime, he talks about Ragtime, he plays it, he embodies it, he lives it, and he keeps Ragtime alive." The book, This is Ragtime, published in 1976, grew out of the series of the same title that Waldo produced for NPR in 1974. Waldo is also a theatrical music director, producer, vocalist, and teacher. He is noted for his wit and humor in performance, as "a monologist in the dry, Middle Western tradition." Eubie Blake describes his first impression of
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Presents The Jazz Entertainers Vol. 1 - Let It Shine | Terry Waldo | 2003 | Album |
Sounds Of Ragtime And Vaudeville Volume 1 | Terry Waldo | 2003 | Album |
The Soul Of Ragtime | Terry Waldo | 2003 | Album |
Sounds Of Ragtime And Vaudeville Volume 2 | Terry Waldo | 2003 | Album |
Kinky And Sweet | Terry Waldo ~ Bo Grumpus | 1998 | Album |
Classic Waldo Ragtime & Blues | Terry Waldo | 1997 | Album |
Terry Waldo & The Gotham City Band | Terry Waldo | 1986 | Album |
Wizard Of The Keyboard | Terry Waldo | 1980 | Album |
Jazz Babies | Terry Waldo & Susan LaMarche | 1979 | Album |
Eubie Blake And His Proteges - Live At The Theatre De Lys | Eubie Blake, Jim Hession, Mike Lipskin, Terry Waldo | 1976 | Album |
Sounds Of Ragtime And Vaudeville | Terry Waldo | 1974 | Album |
Snookums Rag | Terry Waldo | 1974 | Album |
Terry Waldo's Gotham City Band |
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