Tony Caramia

An associate professor of piano and the director of piano pedagogy studies at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, Tony Caramia continues to explore the full spectrum of the ragtime tradition. His debut album, Nimble Fingered Gentleman, released in 1996, paid homage to the intricate, syncopated, and novelty piano playing of British composer and pianist Billy Mayerl; while his second album, Brass Knuckles, released a year later, took a modern approach to ragtime playing. Zebra Stripes, released in 1998, examined the syncopated solo piano music of European and women compose...