Celebrating Composers Past & Present
"Forgotten Ballrooms" is the first volume of the American Piano Music Series. It focuses on seven American composers; Glenn Jenks, Judith Lang Zaimont, Aaron Copland, Dick Hyman, Aaron Robinson, Dana Suesse and Donald Ashwander. Styles range from the blues to ragtime to contemporary classical.
"Under The Stars" is the second volume of the American Piano Music Series and focuses on seven American composers; Scott Joplin, Florence Price, Dave Brubeck, Zez Confrey, Amy Beach, Dave Grusin and Keith Jarrett. Styles range from classical to ragtime to contemporary jazz.
"New York Lights" is the third volume of the American Piano Music Series and focuses on seven American composers; William Bolcom, Frances Marion Ralston, Tom Brier, Ulric Cole, George Winston, Harry Burleigh and Edward MacDowell. Styles range from classical to ragtime to new age piano.
"Summer Moon" is the fourth volume of the American Piano Music Series and features 20 compositions by 20 American composers, spanning nearly a century of musical creativity, from Bix Beiderbecke’s Flashes (1931) to Michael Torke’s Chancel (2023).
Discover the vibrant musical world of Glenn Jenks (1947–2016), a Boston-born composer who brought a distinctive modern voice to the ragtime tradition. Glenn Jenks: The Complete Ragtime Works for Piano, Vol. I explores the early development of his style, tracing his music from the experimental works of 1972 through the increasingly mature and individual compositions of 1986.
Glenn Jenks: The Complete Ragtime Works for Piano, Vol. II explores the later years of Jenks’s remarkable creative journey, spanning nearly three decades from 1987 through 2014. These 17 original works reveal a composer at the height of his powers, blending the traditions of classic ragtime with his distinctive harmonic language, lyrical imagination, and wit. Together with Volume I, this recording presents Jenks’s complete legacy of 34 ragtime works for solo piano.
Discover the vibrant, rarely heard music of American composer Donald Ashwander in this new album featuring 17 of his earliest piano works. Rooted in ragtime yet full of originality, these pieces blend infectious rhythm, lyrical charm, and fresh harmonic ideas into a sound that feels both timeless and new. This collection captures the emergence of a truly distinctive voice—one that deserves far wider recognition. If you love piano music with character and depth, click through and experience Ashwander at the very beginning of his remarkable journey.