CELEBRATING AMERICA and the  TRIUMPH of EMANCIPATION with RAGTIME & JAZZ

Entering its fourth year, the Atlanta Ragtime Band has quickly established a dedicated following of fans with new ones added at every concert. With an impressive catalog of concert programs full of variety of styles from the early New Orleans jazz of Budy Bolden, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong, 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