[Dixielandjazz] Banjo Styles & Bolden

[Goggin, Brian (Dublin)]

One more thing - St Cyr said that in many cases the gigs he played in the
1910's had no piano or bass, so he would throw in the bass part aswell as
necessary.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Goggin, Brian (Dublin) [SMTP:GoggiBri at exchange.ie.ml.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 23, 2003 3:17 PM
> To:	'briantowers'; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject:	RE: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo Styles  & Bolden
> 
> 
> No - Bud Scott used the 4-string tenor banjo - this is clearly visible in
> the 1926 photos of King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators. He was a violinist
> aswell.
> 
> Johnny St. Cyr was adept on the tenor banjo and the 6-string guitar banjo.
> 
> I guess they had to strum hard allright, but the rhythm would come through
> allright. The NO guys naturally had a good notion of balance - see the
> chapter on this in Bill Russell's New Orleans Style - in an acoustic
> set-up,
> if space allowed they naturally lined up in one line in the order
> something
> like drums, trombone, cornet(s), clarinet(s), guitar, bass, which
> naturally
> balanced the sound. See the 1918 MArable pictures, the 1905 Ory band
> picture
> and several others.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	briantowers [SMTP:briantowers at msn.com]
> > Sent:	Thursday, January 23, 2003 3:03 PM
> > To:	dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> > Subject:	Re: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo Styles  & Bolden
> > 
> > Bob,
> > I believe Bud Scott could have been using his six string banjo, tuned as
> a
> > guitar.
> > He did this sometimes, as did Johnny St Cyr.
> > 
> > But lets not forget that these guys were both originally guitarists who
> > switched to banjo to "keep up with the times"  Then, when the times
> > changed
> > again, they went back to guitar!
> > 
> > As we all know from the photo, Bolden was using guitar in his band,
> which
> > dates back to at least 1895.    I often wonder how the band baolance
> would
> > have sounded - Bolden, with his reputed very strong and loud playing
> style
> > on cornet, backed by a bowed bass and an acoustic guitar - there were no
> > P.A. systems to help them out!
> > Hmmm!
> > 
> > Brian Towers,
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <BOBOBANJOB at aol.com>
> > To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo Styles
> > 
> > 
> > > Echoing Brian Towers comments, Bud Scott on banjo with Jimmy Noone's
> > Chigago
> > > band
> > > of the late '20s, provides a clean driving rhythm. It sounds like he's
> > using
> > > plectrum tuning,
> > > but I can't say for sure...but he creates an incisive mellow tone on
> the
> > > instrument.
> > >
> > > Later, in the '50s, when he played with Kid Ory's band he switched to
> > guitar,
> > > with Joe Garland on bass.
> > > I guess to keep up with changing times.
> > >
> > > Bob Sann
> > >
> > >
> > >
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