Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This was the final Scott Joplin composition played by Jack on the last night of the Grand International Ragtime/Jasstime Festival at Alexandria Bay, N.Y. (May 27-29, 2016). Jack devoted two half hours to early ragtime, concentrating on Joplin. Louis Chauvin, a ragtime genius who died in his mid-20's, composed the first two themes. Joplin added two of his own and created one of the most haunting ragtime compositions ever written. Jack's Arpin-like playing turns Heliotrope Bouquet into a prayer that features Chauvin's gossamer chords and Joplin's melodic directions. Next year (2017) will be the 100th anniversary of Joplin's death on April 1st, 1917.
This was the final Scott Joplin composition played by Jack on the last night of the Grand International Ragtime/Jasstime Festival at Alexandria Bay, N.Y. (May 27-29, 2016). Jack devoted two half hours to early ragtime, concentrating on Joplin. Louis Chauvin, a ragtime genius who died in his mid-20's, composed the first two themes. Joplin added two of his own and created one of the most haunting ragtime compositions ever written. Jack's Arpin-like playing turns Heliotrope Bouquet into a prayer that features Chauvin's gossamer chords and Joplin's melodic directions. Next year (2017) will be the 100th anniversary of Joplin's death on April 1st, 1917.
