Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

male, deceased (1917)
Scott Joplin was an American musician and composer of ragtime music. He remains the best-known ragtime figure and is regarded as one of the three...
Eubie Blake

Eubie Blake

male, deceased (1983)
James Hubert Blake (February 7 1887], - February 12 1983), composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. With long time...

James Scott

male, deceased (1938)
James Sylvester Scott (February 12, 1886 - August 30, 1938) was an African-American ragtime composer. Scott is regarded as one of the three most...
Joseph Lamb

Joseph Lamb

male, deceased (1960)
Joseph Francis Lamb was a noted American composer of ragtime music. Lamb was born in Montclair, New Jersey. He taught himself to play the piano,...
James P. Johnson

James P. Johnson

male, deceased (1955)
James Price Johnson (February 1 1894-November 17 1955) was an African-American pianist and composer. With Luckey Roberts, Johnson was one of the...
Tom Turpin

Tom Turpin

male, deceased (1922)
Thomas Million John Turpin was an African-American composer of ragtime music. Tom Turpin was born in Savannah, Georgia, a son of John L. Turpin and...
Zez Confrey

Zez Confrey

male, deceased (1971)
Edward Elzear "Zez" Confrey (April 3, 1895-November 22, 1971) was an American composer and performer of piano music. Zez Confrey was born in Peru,...
David Thomas Roberts

David Thomas Roberts

male, 54 years old
David Thomas Roberts (born January 16, 1955 in Moss Point, Mississippi) is an American composer and musician, known primarily as a modern ragtime...
William Bolcom

William Bolcom

male, 71 years old
William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, three...

Artie Matthews

male, deceased (1958)
Artie Matthews (November 15, 1888 - October 25, 1958) was a songwriter, pianist, and ragtime composer. Artie Matthews was born in Braidwood,...