Smithsonian Folkways Piano Roll Artistry of Max Kortlander

Experience the musical and cultural diversity of the world with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. As a nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, we are committed to preserving and disseminating sound to increase understanding and appreciation among peoples. The Piano Roll Artistry of Max Kortlander is a tribute to his work as a composer, arranger, and performer of hand-played piano rolls. Kortlander played and arranged pieces for QRS Recording Laboratories and became the company's president in 1931. This album features his extraordinary rags, brilliant roll arrangements of pop tunes of the day, and magnificent performances of hand-played piano rolls.

• Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Format: CD
• Release Date: October 31, 2000
• Duration: 69 minutes

• Tribute to Max Kortlander's work as a composer, arranger, and performer of hand-played piano rolls
• Features his extraordinary rags, brilliant roll arrangements of pop tunes of the day, and magnificent performances of hand-played piano rolls
• Preserves and disseminates sound to increase understanding and appreciation among peoples
• Nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution