Full 1960 NBC documentary entitled "Those Ragtime Years." The TV show features musicians Hoagy Carmichael, Eubie Blake, Ralph Sutton, Dick Wellstood, the Wilbur de Paris Band, and others.
No way! I thought this documentary was gone forever, the only tape of it having been erased long ago by NBC. At least, that is what I remember reading in Terry Waldo's book, "This is Ragtime!" (original 1976 edition). So glad it was since found! (Now I have new hope that we will find Joplin's "A Guest of Honour" opera!) Thank you for the upload! So glad I could see so many demos of popular dances & songs of the day to help put everything into perspective.
No one ever mentions the Godfather of ragtime Louis Moreau Gottschalk. His songs predate these guys by 40-50 years. Listen to Pasquinade & La Galina.....
