OCRS December 2025

December 2025: Charles Johnson, Joseph Lamb, Other December Birthdays, Originals, and Christmas Music

Half Off Books, Fullerton, December 13, 2025

Set list

Paul Orsi
Birthday Rag (Orsi, 1983), Shine On, Harvest Moon (Bayes and Norworth, 1908) (vocal), Cleopha (Joplin, 1902), Old Folks at Home (Foster, 1851, arr. Orsi)

Andrew Barrett
Mary Had A Little Lamb (genre demonstration, arr. Barrett), Silver King Rag (Charles Johnson, 1909), Memphis Blues (Handy, 1912, arr. Wendling), Farmhouse Blues (Blythe[?], transcr. Pinsker)

Vincent Johnson
The Turtle -- a Slow and Dreamy Drag (Leon Donaldson, 1905), American Beauty Rag (Lamb, 1913), Hollywood Stars (Perl, 1932), In A Mist (Beiderbecke, 1927)

Bob Pinsker
Red Onion Rag (Olman, 1912), Egyptia (Olman, 1911), Down Among the Sheltering Palms (Olman, 1915) (vocal), Step Along Henry (Olman, 1916)

Barry Blakeley
Dill Pickles (Charles Johnson, 1907), Cum-Bac Rag (Charles Johnson, 1911), Sleepy Sidney (Archie Schieu, 1907)

Max Libertor
Jelly Roll Blues (Morton, 1915, arr. by Ralph Sutton), Big Foot Ham (Morton, c. 1923), Cataract Rag (Hampton, 1914), Cascades (Joplin, 1904, arr. Sutton)

Paul
Zebra Stomp (Orsi, 1983), It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/Silent Night (arr. Orsi)

Andrew
Queen of the Roses (waltz) (Charlotte Blake, 1913), Winter Wonderland/Frosty the Snowman (arr. Barrett)

Vincent
Bluin' the Black Keys (Schutt, 1926), Sweet Pea (Vincent Johnson, 2010)

Bob
Ragtime Bobolink (Lamb, c. 1950), Crimson Rambler (Lamb, c. 1920s)

Barry
Victorian Rag (Blakeley, 2024), Penthouse Rhythm (Blakeley, March 2025)

Max
Perfect Rag (Morton, before 1924)

Totals: Six pianists, 34 selections (counting medleys as one)