this). Jazz is loose, vibrant, and free-and ragtime is no different.

With Joshua Rifkin's recordings of Scott Joplin, and the hit movie "The Sting" with Joplin soundtrack, a new audience and new generation of classical pianists were introduced to ragtime.Yes, a case can be made (as Joplin wanted) that ragtime is (as valid as) classical music. But that is another article for another day.