[Dixielandjazz] New Orleans banjo and guitar jazzman Emanuel 'Manny' Sayles, 29 minutes long video

[Allan Brown]

Thanks for that Ulf, I really enjoyed it.

Cheers,

Allan Brown


On 4 Mar 2011, at 10:39, Ulf Jagfors wrote:

> A 29 minutes long video portrayal of the life and musical career of New
> Orleans banjo and guitar jazzman Emanuel 'Manny' Sayles. The documentary
> portrays the 71 year old Sayles as both a musician and as a person,
> sketching in historical developments in his musical career from time to
> time, and following him through the neighborhoods of his past. Walking
> through New Orleans streets, pointing out small fragments of a long lived
> and sometimes hard fought musical career; stopping occasionally to meet an
> old face and dig up even older memories; reuniting with former musicians he
> once played with -- what emerges is the portrait of a man whose musical
> career has in many ways followed the development of American jazz itself.
> 
> Yes, he is playing a plectrum banjo with Chicago tuning=guitar tuning
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkC2L3er1FI
> 
> Ulf Jaegfors
> 
> Stockholm
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