Trebor Jay Tichenor

Trebor Jay Tichenor (born 28 January 1940 in Laclede Groves, Webster Groves, St. Louis County, † February 22, 2014 in Carondelet Park in St. Louis) was an American ragtime pianist.

Trebor Tichenor was named after his father, a doctor who turned his name to Robert Trebor. Trebor heard as a child Novelty Rags and popular songs of his mother, who was a member of Letty 's Collegiate Syncopators in the 1930s. He played 13 years with ragtime and from the 1950s in clubs of his hometown of St. Louis. He attended Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School; anschließlich he studied at Washington University. In 1961 he co-founded the St. Louis Ragtimers, which originated in 1963 first shots. The formation was fifty years occurred in the Gaslight Square and the river steamers Natchez Queen and Goldenrod. In 1973 he released his debut album King Of Folk ragtime, followed by Tempus Ragorum ( Stomp Off, 1993). He also had the radio show Ragophile at the local station KWMU, was co-founder of the magazine Ragtime Review, co-editor of Scott Joplin's music and co-author of the book Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. He also taught at Washington University. He was considered an expert on the music of Scott Joplin and had one of the world's largest collections of ragtime music, including about 10,000 Piano Rolls and Sheet Music. In the field of jazz, he was involved 1963-1993 to 17 recording sessions.