A-one and a-two and a-you know what to do...!
Come on down and swing along with the best ragtime, stride, and jazz musicians in town.
Upper Terrace (at the base of the William Cullen Bryant Statue behind the New York Public Library)
Charlie Judkins
Ragtime, Protégé of Terry Waldo
“Charlie Judkins is the best performer of classic ragtime in the country!” - Terry Waldo, Ragtime Connoisseur
Charlie Judkins (b. 1991) is a practitioner of Ragtime, Jazz and Blues piano, as well as a lifelong Brooklyn native. He began playing piano in 1997 at age six. In 2007, he was introduced to the music of Jelly Roll Morton and immediately began studying traditional ragtime and blues piano. Shortly thereafter he came under the informal tutelage of Terry Waldo and several other highly-regarded pianists. He is currently studying classical piano technique and theory under Jeff Goldstein. His piano playing has been in demand at various public and private events in the New York City area since debuting as a professional bar-room pianist in the Summer of 2010. Currently he works most often with singer and multi-instrumentalist Lauren Sansaricq (Miss Maybell) as a duo and in various trio combinations.
*Miss Maybell (vocalist) and Brian Nalepka (bass and tuba) will join Charlie's performance on June 21.
Thank you for the music!
Many thanks to Sam Ash Music Stores for their support through the years.
