Jack Hutton’s Ragtime Calendar 2008

May 23, 24, 25, White Pines Resort, Alexandria Bay, N.Y.

Grand International Ragtime/Jasstime Society

This will be the 20th consecutive time that Jack has been invited to perform at the Alexandria Bay festival in New York State, playing his trademark mixture of classic ragtime, stride piano and nuggets from the Golden Era. One of his sets will be a tribute to the memory of John Arpin. Another will be a mini-seminar on silent movie piano. Jack is looking forward to playing two or three sets with stride genius Paul Asaro, and also playing the gospel prelude on Sunday morning. A busy weekend! To learn more about this great festival, e-mail wnpauli@rogers.com.

Friday, August 8, Gravenhurst Opera House, Gravenhurst, Ontario

Jack Hutton and Friends Return

Last year, there was barely enough room to seat everyone who turned out for Jack Hutton and Friends when the toe-tapping group celebrated the music of Dunn’s Pavilion in Port Carling, Ontario. The Aug. 8th concert in Gravenhurst will be part two as the group continues its salute to the music once heard in Dunn’s Pavilion at Bala. Photographer Jon Gurr captured a great moment at right as the group played Ellington’s "Mood Indigo". In the photo: Jack (eyes closed) piano, Willie Wilson, banjo and guitar, Brian Bauer, clarinet and reeds, Lenny Boyd, string bass, and Bob Livingston, trombone. For tickets, call: 1-888-495-8888 or http://www.gravenhurst.ca/townOffice/operaHouse/welcome.htm .

Thursday, August 14, Muskoka Lakes Music Festival, Port Carling, Ontario

Honouring the Memory of John Arpin

The Muskoka Lakes Music Festival will be honouring the memory of the late John Arpin with a tribute concert Aug. 14 at the Port Carling Community Centre. Jack, who served on the board of directors of the Ragtime Society with John in the early 1980s, is helping to organize the concert and will be an historian/performer on stage, along with a major performer to be announced. Stay tuned at: www.artsinmuskoka.com

Trillium Dixieland Jazz Band

Jack, centre, delights in playing with the Huntsville-based Trillium Dixieland Jazz Band, left by Marguerite Urban (with banjo) and Bill Urban (far right). Others in a 2004 photo are Ted Richardson, trumpet, the late Gid Rowntree, trombone, Rick Faye, drums and Lou Tusz, string bass. For specific dates, plug into the Trillium Web site: http://home.ican.net/~tjazz

THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE Available as a book and a CD It took Jack 20 years to complete a book telling the story behind the Canadian song, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise, written in 1916 in Toronto by Ernest Seitz and Gene Lockhart. In the last 40 pages, Jack shares his own memories as a ragtime pianist. The book, now a collector’s item, can be ordered for $20 Canadian plus shipping. Also available is a CD with The World is Waiting for the Sunrise and 24 other tracks of toe-tapping nostalgia. $15 Canadian plus shipping. Also available on CD or cassette
CDs Available
A RAGTIME CRUISE (with a tribute to "Ragtime" Bob Darch) Easy Winners/ Wenonah Breeze/ Bala Bounce/ Ragging The Scale/ Dill Pickles Rag/ Nickels and Dimes/ A Salute to Charlie Musgrave/ Carolina In The Morning/ Music Box Rag/ Chloe/ There’s A Girl In My Life/ Honeysuckle Rose/ Honeyhush/ There’s Always Be A Thread In The Old British Rag/ My Own Best Girl/ Moon River/ Canadian Sunset/ End Of A Perfect Day $15 (U.S.) Check with us for shipping costs to your address
LINDA: A Celebration of Footprints Linda/ It Had To Be You/ Footprints Of Gold/ Someone To Watch Over Me/ He Touched Me/ Blue Skies/ Memories of You/ In The Garden/ What A Friend We Have In Jesus/ Amazing Grace/ Riverside Blues/ Precious Lord, Take My Hand/ I Can’t Give You Anything But Love/ Alley Cat/ How Great Thou Art/ Anne Of Green Gables/ Always $15 (U.S.) Check with us for shipping costs to your address
RAGTIME MEETS BLACK GOSPEL Just A Closer Walk With Thee/ Amazing Grace/ Precious Lord, Take My Hand/ Sweet, Sweet Spirit/ Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/ Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/ What A Friend We Have In Jesus/ My Eyes Have Seen The Glory/ Go Tell It On The Mountain/ In The Garden/ Peace In The Valley/ How Great Thou Art/ When The Saints Come Marching In $20 (U.S.) Check with us for shipping costs to your address Cassettes available
JACK HUTTON: A MUSKOKA RAGTIMER Solace/ Doin’ The Raccoon/ A June Night/ In A Mist/ Ode To Bix/ Echo Of Spring/ Dreamy Limehouse/ Blue Goose Special/ Rialto Ripples/ Mindin’ My Business/ Keeping Out Of Mischief/ Soda Fountain Rag/ Can’t We Be Friends/ Classical Rag/ Blackboard Rag/ California, Here I Come/ Bala Cranberry Song/ Got Religion In My Soul/ How Can I Serve Thee $5 (U.S.) Check with us for shipping costs to your address
I LOVE A PIANO: A SALUTE TO IRVING BERLIN Alexander’s Ragtime Band/ Everybody Step/ Midnight Choo-Choo/ Why Hang Around/ I Love A Piano/ Let Me Sing A Song/ Mandy/ I’m On My Way/ I’m Dreaming Of A White Christmas/ Maple Leaf Rag/ The Entertainer/ Bink’s Waltz/ Russian Rag/ Black and White Rag/ Viper’s Drag/ My Fate Is In Your Hands/ If I Could Be With You/ Somebody Stole My Gal/ Five Feet Two $5 (U.S.) Check with us for shipping costs to your address

You can order through: 1-888-579-7739 or balamus@muskoka.com

Don’t forget that you get a chance to hear Jack every time you visit Bala’s Museum with Memories of Lucy Maud Montgomery! The museum’s 1920 Cecilian upright piano is on the front cover of his book, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise. That’s the one that you may hear him play during your tour.

Quote – "When they made Jack Hutton, they broke the mould": Robin Moore, founder and director of the Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival, June, 2004.