Manhattan Serenade Ragtime the group includes the following

the group includes the following musicians: Jeff Hughes (cornet and trumpet)

but also daring and surprising

Highlights in Volume 8 include a rare "Yerkes Dance Record

and popular songs spanning the twentieth century

Manhattan Serenade Ragtime the group includes the followingThe first decades of the twentieth century witnessed the flowering of an exciting new style of piano composition that fused European classical music traditions with the popular music styles of the New World. George Gershwin's music is highly representative of this tradition, but with this recording, pianist Frederick Hodges and Rivermont present a major recital of some of the lesser known gems of piano writing that emerged during the flood of