William McNally performed for the first time in Carnegie Hall shortly after his ninth birthday and has since played there two more times. A multifaceted musician, Mr. McNally is a widely recognized ragtime pianist and composer. He has twice won the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest's New Rag Competition (2008 and 2009), and follows his particular interest in the modern and classically trained ragtime composers. 17 tracks recorded in 2008 including such seldom-heard gems as Doucet's "Chicken Pie" and Godowsky's "A Little Tango Rag" alongside favorites such as Scott Joplin's "Solace" and William Bolcom's "Graceful Ghost Rag" and premiere recordings of Andrew Barrett's "Humanitaur Rag" and Mr. McNally's own prize-winning "Blue Donkey Rag."

Tracklist:

Chicken Pie
Sedalia Queen
Rialto Ripples
African Suite: High Hattin'
African Suite: Kinda Careless
African Suite: Mississippi Shivers
Solace
Fox-Trot
Rag Infernal Syncopes Apocalyptiques
Kitten on the Keys
Toccata Sur La Shimmy "Kitten on the Keys"
Blue Donkey Rag
Carnival Music: V. Toccata-Rag
Graceful Ghost Rag
Humanitaur Rag
Rag-Tango
Little Tango Rag, A

UPC: 620953361821
Label: Rivermont
Release Date: 8.18.09
Format: CD

William Mcnally - Chickens N Kittens: A Ragtime Coup (CD)