Trebor Tichenor

Trebor Jay Tichenor (born January 28, 1940 in Laclede Groves , Webster Groves , St. Louis County , † February 22, 2014 in Carondelet Park near St. Louis ) was an American ragtime pianist.

Trebor Tichenor was named after his father, a doctor who changed his first name Robert to Trebor . Trebor heard novelty rags and popular songs as a child from his mother, who was a member of Letty's Collegiate Syncopators in the 1930s . He played ragtime at the age of 13 and from the 1950s in clubs in his hometown of St. Louis. He attended the Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School; he then studied at Washington University. In 1961 he co-founded the St. Louis Ragtimers, with which the first recordings were made in 1963. The formation existed for fifty years and performed in Gaslight Square and on the river steamers Natchez Queen and Goldenrod . His debut album King Of Folk Ragtime was released in 1973 , followed by Tempus Ragorum (Stomp Off, 1993). He also had the radio show Ragophile on the local station KWMU , was a co-founder of Ragtime Review magazine , co-editor of Scott Joplin's music and co-author of the book Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History . He also taught at Washington University. He was considered an expert on the music of Scott Joplin and owned one of the world's largest collections of ragtime music, including approximately 10,000 piano rolls and sheet music. In the field of jazz he was involved in 17 recording sessions between 1963 and 1993.

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Obituary in the St. Louis Post Dispatch (English)
2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 26, 2014)