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Tenor banjo in Gypsy Jazz?
kenakordeon
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Any recordings of tenor banjo playing gypsy jazz? Any former or current names of those playing it? I'm beginning tenor banjo (CGDA tuning) and would like to hear the chord voicings on a a four-string instrument.
Thanks for any help.
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I've been digging these guys. Really like the sound of his banjo for the rhythm work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLhfy7n2i_g
San Lyon uses a tenor w/ Selmer style guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiTHZATOMyM
I play tenor but use Chicago tuning so the voicings are the same as guitar.
Well, Tyler Jackson doesn’t actually play gypsy jazz but if you like jazz banjo I think he’s probably the best to be found…
There used to be a wonderful mandolin player named John McCann who I believe doubled on both tenor banjo and 8-string guitar. And he had his own wonderful style of playing gypsy jazz.
Alas, John died way too young a few years back but I think any of the old timers around here who attended his workshops and concerts at Django in June will remember his fine musicianship and inspiring personality with a smile.
Truly a wonderful guy and if you can unearth any old recordings of John i think you’ll dig ‘em.
I play plectrum banjo myself but I reserve all my single string efforts, such as they are, to guitar and generally just play chord solos on banjo.
Will
PS My Toronto banjo buddy Tim Allan is more of a minstrel guy than a jazz guy but I think you will be awed by his chops..this is him in 1980 accompanied by a young Howard Alden.. i think you’ll soon see why Tim is in the banjo hall of fame…
Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
John McGann
Tyler is, among other feats of daring, the curator of the Banjo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City and the former bassist for Ernest Tubb.
I also play in Chicago tuning: Django tunes sound great on the tenor!
@Lango-Django I think you're talking about John McGann. He didn't play tenor banjo as far I know, but did play mandolin and Irish bouzouki
Also I think Tyler Jackson played bass for Ray Price. And, echoing others’ comments, he is tremendously talented.
Eddie Freeman playing an insane version of "Some of These Days" from around 1929, banjo starts around 1:20 but you gotta watch it all. There's a lot of video of Eddie, he was playing on the Lawrence Welk show in the 60s, not quite so manic but still had those crazy chops.
That's Eddie Peabody.
Duh...