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 thanks to performances that are uplifting, enlightening, and ultimately enjoyable.
This is the sound of New Orleans circa 1900, a time of 'Kings' and musical greats that Louis Armstrong admired from childhood. 

With an impressive catalog of concert programs full of variety of styles from the early New Orleans jazz of Buddy Bolden, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong, to marches and rags and even music of the circus, the Atlanta Ragtime Band is the preferred band in the region for their joyful, timeless, toe-tapping experiences!

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 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." -
Dr. Calvert Johnson
Director of Music in the Mountains Concert Series Big Canoe, Georgia

More than 30 performances since 2023:

 (including)
Ragtime 101: at the Rialto Theater & Big Canoe Chapel
Celebrating the Clef Club: for Black History Month
Syncopated Sisters:  for Women's History Month
Buddy Bolden and B-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

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.