

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lew and Mary Green’s Ragtime Evolution Jazz Band
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 09:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The Ragtime Evolution Jazz Band 
Tuesday, January 20,2026 – 7:30-9:30pm  
The Education Center at Temple Beth Israel | 567 Bay Isles Rd, Longboat Key, FL 34228 | 941.383.8222 

The Golden Age of American Music 
Lew and Mary Green have performed ragtime, traditional jazz, and popular music of the early 20th Century for over 50 years  
with the Ragtime Evolution Jazz Band. “We play selections from the Golden Era of American music,  
starting with Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton, and including George Gershwin, Fats Waller, Cole Porter, and more,” says  
Lew, who started playing professionally at age 15 in Chicago. Since then, he has performed with Lil Armstrong, and with  
groups including The Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble of New Orleans, The American Ragtime Orchestra, Original Salty  
Dogs Jazz Band, Woody Allen’s Jazz Band, and the Boston philharmonic. Lew’s recording career was launched in 1958 on RCA. He has also recorded on Delmark, Jazz &amp; Jazz, Arbor Records, Stomp Off, GHB, and Xylophonia labels.  

Since 1956 and while attending Purdue University, Lew was the leader of the Original Salty Dogs Jazz  Band and played extensively throughout the Midwest. When he teamed up with Mary in 1971, they  moved to the East Coast to get “rich and famous.” That didn't work out(!), but in 1972, they started The  Ragtime Evolution in the back of a converted diner in Darien, Connecticut. Ever since, they have  continued to perform classical ragtime and traditional jazz together for public and private engagements  as well as music festivals around the world. 
Mary was a featured ragtime pianist on the Goldenrod Showboat at the St. Louis Ragtime Festival for  nearly thirty years. Together, Mary and Lew have performed in America, Europe, Australia, Russia, and  Africa with their own bands as well as with others including Turk Murphy’s San Francisco Jazz Band,  Preservation Hall, and Germany's Barrelhouse Jazz Band. They also have  performed and recorded with their son, Jeff Green, at concerts and festivals with his band, Jeff Hamilton  Green’s International Jazz &amp; Ragtime All-Stars, based in Heidelberg, Germany.  

Lew and Mary bring their special brand of music to Longboat Key. They are augmented Allan Vaché on clarinet, Herb Bruce on trombone, Mike Evans - banjo, and Kid Dutch - tuba and vocals. 
“It's never a dull moment when musicians get together,” said Lew. “We’re excited to perform at The  Education Center at Temple Beth Israel for an enjoyable evening of traditional jazz and ragtime that will  make your toes wiggle and make you want to get out your dancing shoes.” 
For Tickets call 941 383-8222
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- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, jazz, festivals, music-festivals, concerts, dog
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Longboat Key
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Temple Beth Israel Reform
- **lat**: 27.37126
- **long**: -82.62554
- **full address**: Temple Beth Israel Reform, 567 Bay Isles Rd, Longboat Key, FL 34228-3142, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Kid Dutch (https://allevents.in/org/kid-dutch/24305426)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Temple Beth Israel Reform, 567 Bay Isles Rd, Longboat Key, FL 34228-3142, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Kid Dutch
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, jazz, festivals, music-festivals, concerts, dog
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lew and Mary Green’s Ragtime Evolution Jazz Band ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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