Posted - 02/11/2010 :  13:36:35    

Thanks Nathan for posting those great clips.

Eddy, your playing is just mind blowing. What an inspiration to us relative newbies.
Many thanks also for your help and kind words in my posts.

I will be buying a copy of the DVD also as soon as I get paid at the end of the month.

All the best

Richard

Posted - 02/12/2010 :  02:11:30      

Hi Polle
you are right, Don Vappie is a great guy and I have a great respect for the Maestro Buddy Wachter (but I heard him more on plectrum than on tenor), but Eddie is still my favourite, probably because he is so relaxed and undertstated, it seems to me that he has nothing to show or to demostrate when he's playing: just get fun and make great Jazz music... and his playing is so personal!

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Originally posted by Polle Flaunoe

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Eddie is the true master of modern tenor banjo playing for me, I told it many times but will repeat once more: simply the best!!!

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Absolutely - plus he´s a really great singer, composer, arranger etc. etc.!!!!!!!

Every tenor player should own a copy of the Barcelona DVD - I´m looking forward recieving mine shortly! LOL!

But - every tenor player should also be aware, that there are a few equally important tenor masters out there!

First of all - Don Vappie and Buddy Wachter!

If you take these three guys - their very different ways of playing - their very different music styles etc. - you´ll get a fantastic picture of todays possibilities for the tenor banjo with its original tenor tuning.

Regards

Polle

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Posted - 02/12/2010 :  13:57:35    

Ok, Ed is sort of right about the string from my armrest to the bridge. As I had mentioned earlier that banjo folds for traveling, so when I undue the thumb screw and fold the neck over the head the bridge just hangs loose and doesn't fall off and get lost.

I would like to thank you guys for your wonderfully embarrassing words about my playing and me personally! I've always tried to relax and play in the moment and hope that the music comes out in some entertaining form that resembles some non composed arrangement. I've always loved to play with other great musicians that play in the moment, therefore everything is always new. Don't get me wrong I've always love to hear (and write) Classical music and to hear a highly arranged virtuoso now and then is fine by me. I've just never been able to remember that much and try to play at the same time. I should hire Polle and Paolo for my publicity agents. Once again thanks to all you kind people. Eddy "The Manhattan Minstrel"

Posted - 02/12/2010 :  15:35:11    

Eddy, Conal emailed me today to tell me that my copy of your DVD is on its way. Between your great YouTube stuff, Wild Man Blues, and this DVD, I have a nice little treasure chest of your playing to watch and enjoy. I also have a nice documentary that features Mr. Vappie and his fine tenor playing.

Now if Cynthia will put our her own DVD, I'll have video on my three favorite 4-stringers.

Tony

Posted - 02/13/2010 :  19:12:59    

Hey Tony and Nathan, How much did Marc Fields with the documentary film on the banjo film of Cynthia at Smalls Jazz Club? Maybe there is enough left over for a DVD? Eddy

Posted - 02/14/2010 :  00:59:22      

That's a really great idea, Eddy!

http://www.thebanjoproject.org/performances.html

Posted - 02/14/2010 :  04:08:13      

Eddy D.,

I´ve noticed via Jerry´s web site, that you´re touring Europe once again next month.

http://jerryzigmont.com/Jerry_Zigmo...chedule.html

If possible I´ll pop up in Hamburg - that´s the location nearest to my home in DK - I would like experiencing you and Conal (plus the rest of the gang) live.

If not possible (I´m disabled due to severe back problems) I´ll still have the DVD (arriving next week) - I´ll put it on an extra time and pretent, that I´m present at one of your concerts over here - LOL!

Do have a nice tour!

Kindly regards

Polle

PS!
I´ve also noticed, that you this year will go into the 70s - how about a Big Birthday Concert - and of course a video recording for your fans to purchase?

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Originally posted by Polle Flaunoe

Eddy D.,

I´ve noticed via Jerry´s web site, that you´re touring Europe once again next month.

http://jerryzigmont.com/Jerry_Zigmo...chedule.html

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Posted - 02/17/2010 :  03:41:45    

I got my copy of the DVD yesterday and watch it a couple of times last night. Wow! What beautiful music these two men make together. So far, my favorite selection from the DVD is "Beware My Foolish Heart." My first exposure to that tune came many years ago when I heard it on a CD called Joni James Sings the Music of Loesser and Young. I have heard countless versions of it since then. One my favorites is the one on the Bill Evans/Tony Bennett duet CD. The version on this DVD is as lovely as any version I've heard.

Posted - 02/25/2010 :  08:28:42    

Well that's another copy sold!
Just put my order in for the DVD too.
Yipeeeee. Can't wait.
Cheers
Richard

Posted - 02/25/2010 :  11:30:16    

Richard, you'll love it. My fave is still "My Foolish Heart," but "I Fall in Love Too Easily" is coming up fast.

Paolo, your comment about Eddy's "relaxed and understated" style is right on the money. He's my favorite tenor man of all time with the late, great Narvin Kimbell coming in 2nd. (Vappie is way up there too.) On plectrum, it all begins and ends with Cynthia's playing for me. To my ears, her music is the very essence of Jazz

Posted - 02/25/2010 :  19:36:32      

Amen to everything you said, Tony!

The DVD is a delight. Conal is wonderful talent.