CELEBRATING AMERICA and the TRIUMPH of EMANCIPATION with RAGTIME & JAZZ
CELEBRATING AMERICA and the TRIUMPH of EMANCIPATION with RAGTIME & JAZZ
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Entering its fourth year, the Atlanta Ragtime Band has quickly established a dedicated following of fans with new ones added at every concert. Add impressive catalog of concert programs full of variety of styles, from jazz to marches and rags, and even music of the circus, the Atlanta Ragtime Band is becoming the preferred band in the region for their joyful, toe-tapping experiences!
The band comprises some of Atlanta's finest professional musicians from the classical and jazz fields, all come together to celebrate the music created by the first generation of African-Americans born following Emancipation. This is a music that went to change the world forever, and these are stories deserving to be heard.
"Thank you so very much for your exceptional concert sponsored by Big Canoe Chapel’s Music in the Mountains concerts on May 3, 2026. Everyone agrees that this was a wonderful program, beautifully prepared, performed, and musically interpreted. You interacted with the audience so comfortably and intuitively, as would be expected, and the result was a most expressive performance with masterful virtuosity throughout.
Clearly the audience loved it, as seen in the standing ovation
and so many positive reactions."
Eight performances in the last year:
Ragtime 101: at the Rialto Theater & Big Canoe Chapel
Celebrating the Clef Club: for Black History Month
Syncopated Sisters v2.0: for Women's History Month
Buddy Bolden and B s-sides: for Jazz Appreciation Month
Juneteenth: to Celebrate American Freedom
Sousapalooza: for Make Music Day Atlanta
America 250: Celebrating the Sesquibicentennial of our nation
Satchmo's Start: the music of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Orchestra
Jazz's Big Bang - Buddy Bolden: at Red Clay Music Foundry
Other concert themes:
Marches and Rags of Atlanta: Music with local or regional connection
Ragtime Rhythms: Celebrating music by composers of African descent.
Seeds of Swing Concert: Music that became the favorites of early jazz.
Lt. James Reese Europe: "the Martin Luther King of music"
Big Top Matinee: Music of the circus
The Science of Sound: How sounds and music work.
What better way to celebrate America's 250th anniversary than with the music that was our nations first musical creation. A creation that could have only happened in America as it is the literal melting pot of musical styles and traditions.
Ragtime to Jazz to Sousa,
the Atlanta Ragtime Band joyfully celebrates what are our nations first, and best contributions to music.
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