[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Banjo

[Stephen G Barbone]

Off the top of my head, I can name at least 5 GREAT banjo players that  
live in the metro Philadelphia area. (Smaller than NYC or Israel in  
population) And , of course, know of more than 500 ranging from  
adequate to great, who play in the Mummer's Day parade every New  
Year's Day. Want to learn banjo? Come to Philadelphia. We have  
thousands of them.

As an aside, I'm doing a New Orleans Funeral with Barbone Street for a  
man who asked, 2 years in advance, that we do so upon his passing.

Instrumentation includes Banjo (Fanny Smith) and Tuba (list mate John  
McClernan). And Franny must be in demand because he has a double that  
day. <grin>

Yep, even y band which is dedicated to hard swinging Dixieland with  
string bass and amplified guitar uses banjo and tuba several times a  
year. Among the great banjoists we worked with are Franny (above), Al  
Smith now deceased, and Steve DeBonaventura.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband