[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 56, Issue 2

[Robert S. Ringwald]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Bob Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 56, Issue 2


> "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" wrote (polite snip)
>
>
>> There is a movie that L.A. made called "New Orleans"  I'm not sure of the
>> year but it looks like middle to late 30's and the banjo had been 
>> replaced
>> by a guitar.
>
> If we go further back to the originators of jazz, I think we find that
> guitars were the preferred chordal instrument of many, if not most, black
> jazz bands. Note the guitar in that famous Buddy Bolden Band photo.
>
> As I read it, banjos replaced guitars at about the time jazz started to be
> recorded. (after 1917) Because the guitar could not be effectively 
> recorded
> acoustically  Then, once electric recordings became viable, guitars once
> again became the preferred chordal instrument for small band swing. (a/k/a
> Black Band Dixieland and/or Condon Style)
>
> ODJB may have had some influence on the change also. Since they used 
> neither
> banjo nor guitar, many bands who wished to copy their instrumentation, or
> compete with them, cut out the 6th man. (guitar and/or bass)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
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