New Release: Treasury, Volume 2 from Terry Waldo
Treasury, Volume 2 from Terry Waldo Label: Turtle Bay Records Release Date: May 30, 2025 Website: https://terrywaldo.com The foxtrot, the Charleston, the Lindy Hop, and the Collegiate Shag are all social dances that emerged out of ragtime, Dixieland bluegrass, and swing music. Pianist and bandleader Terry Waldo is a jazz historian, who specializes in the music and dances of such turn of the century-Prohibition Era trademarks. Audiences will find samples of this musical stock on his 2025 recording Treasury, Vol. 2 , as well as on his podcast edition of Waldo's radio show "This is Ragtime." Subsequently, Waldo has a book about this stock, by the same title as the radio series, published by Jazz at Lincoln Center. The music on his recording sizzles, soars, and shimmers, grilling a bubbly fare of Dixieland boot-tapping hoots, ragtime blues and swinging romps. His rendition of "Wabash Bash" features the ruminating wails of Jerron Paxton'...