JORDAN, JOE

JORDAN, JOE. Ragtime pianist/Composer (11 February 1882 in Cincinnati, Ohio; 11 September 1971 in Tacoma, Washington). As a child he learned to play mostly by ear, imitating a sister who played piano. He attended Lincoln Institute in Jefferson City, Missouri, but left about 1900 to go to St. Louis, Missouri. There he played ragtime piano in the cafes and brothels of the tenderloin district and also violin and drums in the Taborian Band. In 1903 he was musical and stage...