Last week I received a surprise gift from my American friends - a copy of Reginald Robinson's CD "Man Out of Time". I sensed something special in his music when I first heard it several years ago, and my guess has been vindicated by the award he received and by the musical development revealed in his recent compositions. He appears to be unique in that, unlike most contemporary composers fluent in the style, he is taking the ragtime idiom in directions which might be termed classical rather than romantic. His blues and stride works are also very accomplished, in particular "19th Galaxy", which is a delightful tour de force.
https://www.macfdn.org/programs/fel/fellows/robinson_reginald.htm
Topic: A talent of much promise