2:Pianist BUTCH THOMPSON. He and his trio, "the Butch Thompson Trio," were a regular on Garrison Keillor's "A Praire Home Companion." His specialty is classic jazz from 1890s to about 1940 including the music of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, Eubie Blake, and others. He has a new series of solo CDs entitled "The 88s" (on Daring, a Boston label distributed by Rounder Records). It includes recordings of classic jazz.
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