The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra is a year-round recreation ragtime orchestra that recreates the standard American "theater orchestra" popular from the 1880s into the early 1920s.
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra was founded by Rick Benjamin in 1986. The group travels the world playing ragtime, vaudeville hits, silent movie accompaniments and dance-hall favorites.
List of recordings
- On the Boardwalk (1987)
- The Whistler and his Dog (1990)
- That Demon Rag!
- Knockout Drops (1997)
- On the Level... Songs of Vaudeville & Tin Pan Alley
- More Candy
- 'Round the Christmas Tree
- Black Manhattan
- The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (finally) Plays 'The Entertainer'
- Barrelhouse to Broadway (2007)
Movie scores
- The Charlie Chaplin Picture Show (2000)
- The Deserter (2004)
- The Forgotten Films of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (2005)