Bill Edwards

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, William Edwards is an American ragtime performer, composer and musicologist born in Southern California. After obtaining a broadcasting degree at Los Angeles Valley College he moved to Durango, Colorado.
In Durango he obtained a music degree from Fort Lewis College and performed regularly at The Abbey Theatre and the Diamond Belle Saloon where he became known as "Perfessor" Bill Edwards. His career has taken him to Washington, D.C. working with traditional jazz bands and artists such as Dave Brubeck, Al Hirt, Marie Osmond, Mel Tillis and Jo Ann Castle.
Since 1984, Edwards has recorded more than 40 CDs ranging from traditional classic ragtime, early popular song and blues.
Since the early 2000s he researched written on composers of ragtime and other music from the late 1890s into the 1920s. As well as developing his wide-ranging website has written book on composer/publisher Edward Taylor Paull an encyclopedia of over 530 female composers.

Websites:
	''Perfessor'' Bill Edwards	Composers' home page.

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Ragtime Music CDs:
Bill Edwards	The Art of the Rag
Bill Edwards	A Bag of Rags
Bill Edwards	Championship Old-Time Piano IV
Bill Edwards	Don't Jazz Me - I'm Ragtime!
Bill Edwards	It's Ragging Cats and Dogs
Bill Edwards	Music for Muskoka
Bill Edwards	Patriot's Dreams
Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Edwards Plays Honky Tonk Piano
Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 1
Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 2
⇑Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 3
Bill Edwards	Quality Ragtime
Bill Edwards	The Rag's the Thing
Bill Edwards	Rags of Grace and Beauty
Bill Edwards	Rags of Peace and Plenty
Bill Edwards	A Ragtime Sampler
Bill Edwards	Rapid Fire Ragtime
Bill Edwards	Rhapsodies in Ragtime
Bill Edwards	The Roaring Piano
Bill Edwards	Strenuous Life
Bill Edwards	Syncopated Safari
⇑Bill Edwards	T-Model Tunes
Bill Edwards	The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill
Bill Edwards	Whipped Cream Rag
Sue Keller	Ol' Muddy	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	As performer
	Sleepy Hollow Rag (1918)	C. Woods (music) B. Edwards (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 1 work performed by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


	Sleepy Hollow Rag (1918)	Clarence Woods	Bill Edwards (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 12 works by Bill Edwards. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Hanon Rag, The	1985
Blood on the Keys	1989	Pub.
Nocturne in Ragtime, A	1989	Pub.
Buck's Banjo	1990	Pub.
Pride of the Prairie	1999	Pub.
Ragtime Pamela, The	2000	Pub.
Necromancer, The	2001	Pub.
Wiener Schnitzel Rag, The	2002	Pub.
Tuxedo Cat Rag, The	2004	Pub.
Radio's Gone Silent, The	2005	Pub.
Crocodile Stomp	2007	Pub.
⇑ Chinese Checkers	2009	Pub.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	B. Edwards	Wiener Schnitzel Rag (5:16)	B. Edwards
	C. Woods	Sleepy Hollow Rag (5:28)	B. Edwards