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Today Marks The 83rd Anniversary
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Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the Clef Club Concert.
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The biography "A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe" was published in 1995.
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Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the Clef Club Concert, the day an African-American orchestra played in Carnegie Hall before a racially-mixed audience, an event that won new respectability and popularity for ragtime. Pianist Max Morath reviews a new biography of the group's remarkable leader, James Reese Europe, whom Eubie Blake called "the savior of Negro musicians." ("A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe" by Reid Badger, Oxford University Press, 1995, ISBN 0-19-50644-X)
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