[Dixielandjazz] 5 string banjo jazz - was - vuvuzela

[Gluetje1 at aol.com]

I had not heard of Fred Geiger and I thought the YouTube sample was  yummy. 
 Some folks just won't stay in their pigeonholes.  :?).   So he's got metal 
strings and looks like metal finger picks, but at the opening  he gets 2 & 
3 note "piano" chords which can't be done with regular jazz  strumming 
style.  Like classic five-string, but with updated  repertoire.
 
Of course, Bela Fleck is another that can do excellent trad jazz if and  
when he desires to do so.
 
I'm not sure which genre gets to lay original claim to Alabama  Jubilee.  
Is this YouTube country or jazz?  Oh, and when Bela  "drones" on his solo to 
that, he's not using his drone string.  :?)   And he was just a kid when he 
was doing this one.
( _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEwYlsis6Ck_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEwYlsis6Ck)  )
 
Ginny
 
 
In a message dated 6/21/2010 10:03:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
john at jazzbanjo.com writes:

Steve  and Scott,

I don't know if you are aware of Fred Geiger. He recorded an  entire album 
of
Trad. Jazz tunes in the 1970s with a band that was  traditional bluegrass
instruments.

Here is a You Tube of  Fred.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-_iM55-_rI

Currently he  writes an article for "The Banjo Newsletter."

John  Mumford