[Dixielandjazz] To Those Who Dislike Jazz Banjo

[Gluetje1 at aol.com]

And Bela Fleck does all he does on the 5 string banjo which is by no means  
endangered but rather growing in popularity.  Of course he can play  
anything.  But I have yet to meet a 5-string player primarily interested in  OKUM, 
Tin Pan Alley, etc.
 
Maybe the fourstring style is meant to die.
 
To the other message from Bethtroy.  Buddy Wachter already knows I  love 
and revere him.  My interest with this thread is in the "ever  lived" part of 
your comment.  Seems to me that we who love something should  do what's in 
our consciousness to do to birth potential future Wachters in  significant 
numbers.
 
Ginny
 
 
In a message dated 9/16/2011 1:04:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
domitype at gmail.com writes:

Ginny,

Bela Fleck have been researching and evangelizing the  banjo all over
the world - he has done many tours of Africa, in a way  re-introducing
the instrument there, and that is the sort of thing young  musicians
will (or could) see that might spark an interest in the  instrument.
More here: http://www.belafleck.com/projects.html

I  don't know if he does one-on-one instruction, probably not... but he
has  let a lot of people hear the banjo in a new way.

Dave  Richoux