Edward Jablonski - 2002

keeping ragtime alive in nightclubs in the New York City metropolitan area and serving as staff pianist on the popular Joe Franklin television show.

To round out this unique collection of works, some quite rare, by four master musicians, he adds his tribute with two originals. These composers, while individual, share philosophies, even sounds, but remain themselves. Mark Birnbaum's pieces fit into the concept of the collection, family like, as musical "cousins and relatives," as he aptly put it.