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Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra
"It''s a Bear"

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Stomp Off LP collectors will recall the five excellent recordings by the Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band. Their leader/cornetist Bruce Vermazen along with pianist Bob Pinsker formed the Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra in 2005 in order to play for the San Diego Vintage Dancers. Since the orchestra plays mostly for dancing, this CD, their first recording, includes not only the usual fare for a ragtime orchestra, i.e. rags, fox-trots, two-steps and one-steps, but also some dance types not usually found on ragtime recordings: a waltz, a "Parisian fox-tango" and even a maxixe. Altogether delightful music, beautifully played - joy abounds! In 1910's slang, to call something a bear was to praise it. In the parlance of that great ragtime era, this CD is truly "a bear." Enjoy yourselves!

Record Label: Stomp Off Records 1411 Total Time: 75:49

Tracks on '"It''s a Bear"'

1. Ridin' De Goat [3:22]
2. Too Much Raspberry [3:30]
3. Panama [5:21]
4. Alexander's Ragtime Band [3:19]
5. Tambourines and Oranges [2:54]
6. Are You From Dixie? ('cause I'm From Dixie, Too!) [3:05]
7. The Buffalo Rag [2:32]
8. Lazy Jazz Waltz (sweet Hawaiian Moonlight) [3:01]
9. Untitled Fox Trot [3:47]
10. Operatic Rag [3:18]
11. Some Sweet Day [4:13]
12. Maxixe Briolette [3:44]	Clickto preview
13. Kansas City Blues [3:02]
14. Shim-me-sha-wabble [2:59]
15. Down in Honky Tonky Town [2:44]
16. Walkin' the Dog [4:22]
17. Russian Rag [3:12]
18. La Danza Appassionata [3:36]
19. Chicken Walk [3:09]
20. Blues (my Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me) [3:58]
21. That Eccentric Rag [4:01]
22. The Honolulu Rag Introducing Cotton Time [2:40]	Clickto preview

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Comments and Reviews
4/6/2007 12:19:20 PM: hi (by billy bob is horney) this is the worst site i have ever seen in my life so take it off google.
4/6/2007 12:16:53 PM: its a bear (by bob jones) lol
4/6/2007 12:16:47 PM: its a bear (by bob jones) lol
4/6/2007 12:16:42 PM: its a bear (by bob jones) lol
4/6/2007 12:16:33 PM: its a bear (by bob jones) lol
4/6/2007 12:16:29 PM: its a bear (by bob jones) lol
4/6/2007 12:16:23 PM: its a bear (by bob jones) lol
4/6/2007 12:15:49 PM: its a bear (by bob jones) lol
1/24/2007 2:45:14 PM: HELIOTROPE RAGTIME ORCHESTRA (by FRANK WILLIAMS) I HAVE ON THE RELEASE OF THIS CD STOMP OFF MAY HAVE JUST RECORDED ITS 1OOO TH MUSICIAN
9/1/2006 6:13:16 PM: Its a Bear. (by Tom Mitchell) Just love this C.D. if you love ragtime its a must. As they say inthe classics "Its a bear"
9/1/2006 5:50:58 PM: "It's A Bear" (by George Gibbs) Great recording. Being a trombonist, I know personally how difficult it is to recreate the period of time that it was originally recorded. Kudos for doing this.

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Performers

Bruce Vermazen (cornet,vocals)
Jason Ford (trumpet)
Cheryl Swem (violin)
Daniel Swem (violin)
Alan Adams (trombome, vocal)
Fernando Herrera (flute,piccolo)
Eddie Blough (clarinet)
Patrick McMahon (tenor sax)
Bob Pinsker (piano, vocals)
John Winkelman (tuba)
Robert Wishner (drums)

Released in 2006

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