[Dixielandjazz] Fw: Banjo Trio

Tue Jan 26 13:56:52 PST 2010

A few days ago Rae Ann asked about a banjo trio at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee in about 1981 or '82.  The STJS historian looked through the Jubilee programs from those years.  Below is his answer.  

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Ron.Swehla at kp.org>
To: <rsr at ringwald.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo Trio

> Hi Bob
> 
> Sorry it took me so long to get to this, but I have been busy at work and 
> have not much time to stop by the office. Last night was the Director's 
> meeting ( I bet you really miss those-ha!) and I came in early to see if I 
> could find any information regarding this request. 
> 
> Here is what I found: In both 1981 and 1982 a group called The Ragtime 
> Banjo Commission played sets at Fulton's the Quiet Place. Unfortunately 
> the individual members of this group are not listed in the Band section of 
> the program, but they appear to be the only "banjo" related group that 
> would have played a set, but perhaps you might recognize other banjo 
> players from this list of musicians or groups who also performed at 
> Fulton's. Queen City Regtime Ensemble, Platte River Jazz Ensemble, 
> Huddleston Brothers and Jazz Forum Trio. All other performers were solo 
> artists at Fulton's. 
> 
> In addition I checked out a copy of And All That Jazz for July 1981. Back 
> in those days, it was common to print many short articles about performers 
> and performances at the recent Jubilee. I actually wish we could bring 
> that tradition back as it made very enjoyable reading and provides ample 
> opportunity to do historical research.
> 
> Jack Martin wrote a column regarding the Barry Durkee Banjo Concert, which 
> was held at the Eagle Theater. I quote from that article. "Ensemble groups 
> such as the Heritage banjo Band (Boston, Mass.), Rosy O'Grady Banjo Army 
> (Orlando, Florida) and the ragtime Banjo Commission (Littleto, Colorado) 
> were especially well received." Of this group only the Ragtime Banjo 
> Commission appeared to have played at Fulton's where your correspondent 
> remembers hearing the group play. So without knowing how many musicians 
> were in the Banjo Commission or their names, I am taking an educated guess 
> that this is the group that they remembered from so long ago. 
> 
> I have extra copies of the 1981 program and perhaps your correspondent 
> might like to peruse a copy to see if they can bring back any other 
> memories. Incidentally on the same page as the Durkee article, there are 
> six pictures of Banjo players, one is a gentlemen clad in Scottish attire 
> and another where you can clearly see the group name of Golden Eagle Jazz 
> band.
> 
> Hope this information is of help to your correspondent.
> 
> Thank you
> 
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> "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com> 
> 01/12/2010 07:58 PM
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <rahberry at comcast.net>
> To: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo Trio
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> 
>> Hi Bob - 
>> I lived in Texas at that time and didn't know any of the 
>> musicians that I know now. 
>> I've thought of Dave Frey and Ken Keeler. I'm not even 
>> sure of the year, but it must have been 1981 or 1982. 
>> Here's hoping the historian will help figure this out. 
>> Thanks for your help. 
>> -- Rae Ann 
>> 
>> http://www.sfraeann.com 
>> http://www.youtube.com/sfraeann 
>> http://www.craigventresco.com 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com> 
>> To: rahberry at comcast.net 
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:19:56 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
>> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo Trio 
>> 
>> Dear Rae Ann, 
>> 
>> I have forwarded your question to the STJS Historian. Let's see if he 
> can find a 1981 Jubilee program. 
>> 
>> Do you suppose that Eddie Erickson and Bill Dendle might have been part 
> of that trio? 
>> 
>> --Bob 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <rahberry at comcast.net> 
>> To: "Bob Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com> 
>> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:30 PM 
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Banjo Trio 
>> 
>> 
>>> Listers: 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In 1981 or '82 I heard a banjo trio in Sacramento at the Jubilee 
>>> that I can't remember the name of. I heard them in Fulton's, which 
>>> at that time was a venue. (The entire festival was in Old Town then.) 
>>> I had thought I didn't like banjos, but that trio played beautiful 
> music. 
>>> I'd love to know the name of that trio and who the musicians were. 
>>> Anybody got a clue? I wish I'd kept my programs. 
>>> TIA.... 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- Rae Ann 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.sfraeann.com 
>>> http://www.youtube.com/sfraeann 
>>> http://www.craigventresco.com 
>

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