Planning vacation centered around visiting relatives. Are there any opportunities for picking, hanging out or visiting with Black Banjo folk of any kind in...
Seeking " On the Trail o f Luke Jordan," Blues Unlimited, LXVI (Oct., 1969). 4-6 by Don Kent. Would be important to book chapter on Black banjo tradition. ...
In August 2007, the internationally celebrated choreographer and artistic director Mr. Chuck Davis of the African American Dance Ensemble, Durham, NC asked if...
Here are a bunch of things that keep ringing in my mind but that I dont get much of an answer anywhere. One is about the plectrum banjo, that is the banjo that...
Hi Tony you're right, I don't know why plectrum banjo is more associated to white players (Peabody, Eddie Condon) while african-american jazz banjo player used...
Tony, Try searching You Tube for videos of Emmanuel Sayles, who played with george lewis and with Preservation Hall. I think he used a plectrum (long neck)...
Hi Tony I had a conversation with my friend Nino Frasio great expert in plectrum banjo and classic jazz, he told me that in his opinion white players mostly...
... plectrum banjo and classic jazz, he told me that in his opinion white players mostly arrived to jazz bands from the tradition of the so called 'banjo...
... Elemer Snowden used to tune in tenor lowered tuning (also called Irish) GDAE one octeve under mandolin and violin. He surely recorded his Harlem Banjo with...
Hi Tony, Random lurker Tom Perrotti from Common Fence Music here. I believe that the 4 string banjo was commonly found in the Jamaican Mento band. I am not...
I play plectrum (in a banjo band and occasionally with a classic jazz (dixie group). Mostlly because I wanted the same tuning as my 5 string classic.. ...
... Irish) GDAE one octeve under mandolin and violin. He surely recorded his Harlem Banjo with this tuning that has a more profound sound, I don't know if he...
... I believe that the 4 string banjo was commonly found in the Jamaican Mento band. I am not well versed on this subject so I'll slip back into the shadows....
Thanks for this explanation, Joan. My research on African Americans and the five string banjo show that over and over practical technical musical reasons like...
In addition.... most WHITE banjoist played tenor also... except those who were still 5 stringing it. The most FAMOUS banjoists could play beautiful melodies,...
Yes, the Interview with Snowden is in STanly Dance's _The World of Swing_ It just disclosed that he used Gibson heavy gauge guitar strings on his banjo,...
The sources I have access to indicate that the tango banjo is what is known as the "Melody banjo" or the "Banjolin". The banjolin is defined as a violin scale...
The Hottest African Dance Event of the Summer Begins THIS THURSDAY!!! The Ndaje Festival 2008 is just days away! From June 26-29th you will get to experience...
We are all talking about what is now known as the Tenor Banjo. It was originally called a banjeaurine and was marketed as an easy entry for Mandolin players to...
In Italy there is a little but lively banjo 'comunity', many of them are bluegrass players, and some are very good for example the Red Wine band (banjoist...
I have been listening a lot to Gus Cannon in the last week or so, both to his vintage recordings and to the 1970 STax Album. On the Stax album he does some...
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