Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, Blind Blake, Bo Carter, Memphis Minnie, Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Bukka White, Mississippi Sheiks, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Larry Johnson, A.P. Carter, Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds.
Sounds Like
James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Leroy Carr, Doctor John
’Ragtime’ Jack Radcliffe has been performing since the late 1950s. He is a master of country blues and stride piano, and sings with belief, punch and clarity. As a composer he has contributed dozens of pieces to the ragtime repertoire, and has also written a number of topical songs in the country blues tradition.
He was a fixture on the coffeehouse circuit in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. His major early musical partnership was with Georgia country blues guitarist and singer Larry Johnson, in 1968-1970. His band ’The New Viper Revue’ pushed the genre envelopes of blues, folk, rock ’n’ roll and jazz from 1972-1976. Jack resumed his solo career in 1977, then teamed up with reed player Al Oliveira in 1983. That duo, dubbed "The World’s Smallest Big Jass Band," played from Newport to San Francisco, and from New York to Palm Beach over the next eight years, playing nearly 2,000 gigs
in the process.
In 1990 Jack left the road and went to work as a newspaper editor to raise his sons. Now he’s back, with new songs and old favorites delivered with the wit and timing of a true master.
