About the band

Inspiration for the first concert of the then titled "Atlanta Musicians Band", conducted by Eric Alexander, occurred during the first months of the Covid-19 lockdown. Literal curiousity about what music had been written about 'anything' Atlanta became a concert. The joy in discovering for that concert a foxtrot/two-step march written by the composer of "Lift Every Voice and Sing", J. Rosamond Johnson, spurred desire to arrange more concerts to explore the forgotten gems of the ragtime age.

The renamed "Atlanta Ragtime Band", conducted by Dr. Tom Gibson have since performed concerts that celebrated  Black History Month, and Women's History Month with music from the era by those under-represented composers, as well as celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month with all standards and favorites of the early jazz era. As much fun for the players to play, the real joy is in the faces of the audience as they hear the cheerful, playful, and entertaining music of the Ragtime era as played by the Atlanta Ragtime Band.