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The Vail-Leavitt Music Hall - This rejuvenated jewel is
located in downtown Riverhead - an 1881 second-story "opera house" which now serves as not-for-profit
performance space for cultural and educational events. Our band performs here on a semi-regular basis!
The Resonator - What's what in
the world of the banjo plunkin' preservationists - players, clubs, & gatherings.
Red Hot Jazz Archive - Early jazz
history for everybody; comprehensive, including select sampled audio clips.
Banjos by Richelieu - Rick Tipple &
company make some of the finest banjos available, including the Golden
Eagle model which is my regular playing instrument.
The Resonator - What's what in
the world of the banjo plunkin' preservationists - players, clubs, & gatherings.
Red Hot Jazz Archive - Early jazz
history for everybody; comprehensive, including select sampled audio clips.
International
Banjo Jazz Festival - This three-day festival in Duisburg, Germany features
a premeir group of internationally acclaimed banjoists...this year including
Eddy Davis, Cynthia Sayer, Steve DiBonaventura, Tom Stuip, Sean Moyses, Jurgen
Kulus, and many others. For a taste of what you'll hear, check out their Live365
radio broadcast here!! Hear here!!
Lew Green - Cornetist extraordinaire
& charter member of the legendary Salty Dogs jazz band. A jazz collection
is incomplete without at least 2 or 3 recordings with his horn.
Vince Giordano
- The oracle of trad, at least in my mind. You can find original charts available
from him here. His
knowledge of the music and it's history are astounding.
Dan Levinson - One of the best reed
players around, his Roof Garden Jass Band accurately recapture the feel of
the Original Dixieland Jass Band - the origins of recorded jazz. Peculiarly
humorous fellow, too.
Jeff Barnhart - Simply the rompin'
stompin'-est, exuberant and musical pianist I have ever heard. Every one of
his recordings is great...but I admit that "I'll Be Seeing You" is
one of my all-time favorites.
The Blues Collar Band - Featuring
Crazy Helen, Bob Hovey, Joe Sferlazza, Ron Rothman, and other musical
luminaries of eastern Long Island.
Jazz Banjo - Online magazine format;
provides interviews, solo arrangements, and much more.
Wolverine Jazz Band - Superb band led
by Dr. John Clark and featuring some of New England's finest keepers of the flame. Regularly featured at Massachusetts' Sherborn Inn, I heartily
recommend their CD's "Wolverine Blues" and "Just Pretending".
Cynthia Sayer - A great friend
& plectrum player. Her CD's are also must-haves, especially her recent "String
Swing". Buy Cynthia's newest release...a multimedia masterpiece
entitled "Souvenirs"...It's GREAT! For more, read my review in the March 2003 issue of
The Resonator!!
4-String Banjo Museum - Located in
Guthrie, OK. Buy the Roy Smeck-Wizard of the Strings video &
support the cause while you enjoy this tribute to my old "hobsie pal".
The Great
Connecticut JazzFest - From Dixie to Swing...the East Coast's Premier Jazz
Event !!!!
Tim Allan - Canadian fretted instrument
virtuoso; a fine person & good friend.
Riverwalk - National Public Radio program
from San Antonio featuring Jim Cullum's Jazz Band.
Four-String Banjo
Links - Masterwork of further linkage by Noel Induni. Bless you, Noel...
Just Banjos - Joan Dickerson
is a kindred soul to me, another banjoist trapped in a computer science professor.
She plays tasteful selections on 5-string in the "classic" style...a
lady as lovely as her website!
The American Rag
- America's largest trad jazz/ragtime newspaper; "News you can use..."
The Missisippi
Rag - The voice of traditional jazz & ragtime.
Stay tuned....more to come....
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