Hi! I am looking for some modern jazz plectrum players to listen to (from 70s onwards). Anybody have any recommendations? Thanks!
Edited by - Texasbanjo on 01/20/2022 08:09:31
What style of music?
I very much like what Cynthia Sayer does. Also Don Lewers.
In this area, Ronnie Sluga is still the king.
youtu.be/ncgfmF-KntQ
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Originally posted by Nic PennsylvaniaWhat style of music?
oops! forgot to add. Jazz! :)
Be sure to listen to Perry Bechtel Aand Buddy Wachter.
I'm going to move your topic to the Playing Advice (4 String) forum. I think you'll get more answers as there are people on that forum that play/listen to jazz.
Rob Mackillop who often uses a Deering 5 string without the fifth string for a plectrum.
youtube.com/user/classicbanjoRM/videos
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Originally posted by TexasbanjoI'm going to move your topic to the Playing Advice (4 String) forum. I think you'll get more answers as there are people on that forum that play/listen to jazz.
Thank you :)
Perry Bechtel, Buddy Wachter, Ken Aoki, Lee Floyd, Doug Mattocks, Brad Roth, Dave Marty, Don Van Palta, Eddie Peabody, Scotty Plummer, Jack Convery.
Let's not forget Sean Moyses:
youtube.com/watch?v=TbPhFFlhJac
Ron Hinkle
My 2 cents worth:
One cannot go wrong listening to Harry Reser / Perry Bechtel / Buddy Wachter / Eddie Peabody. All the greats. All plectrum styles are different.
The great plectrum of Bill Dendle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXGczUFsBD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Y-a-7tgzc (3:30 on time code)
Edited by - Omeboy on 01/27/2022 14:30:46
Bill's killer version of "Little Rock Getaway."
and don't forget about the Banjo Beavers
Not sure which Peter is better
youtube.com/watch?v=aC3A820hfBw
Sean Moyses, you don't live a million miles away from him in Ely. He might be open to lessons.
Ever wonder what Limehouse Blues would have sounded like if it had originally been a Samba? Here's a great modern plectrum artist who stands apart: Pat Dineen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlKS8plBvzo
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Originally posted by OmeboyEver wonder what Limehouse Blues would have sounded like if it had originally been a Samba? Here's a great modern plectrum artist who stands apart: Pat Dineen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlKS8plBvzo
I can say if these guys ever release a CD, I'm going to buy it immediately. Incidentally, that's exactly the way I'm dreaming to play my banjo.
the Two Man Gentleman Band does about half their songs lead singer Andy Bean on what appears to be plectrum banjo (wikipedia lists him as playing a tenor guitar for the rest - although I thought I saw somewhere that he has played a plectrum guitar as well).
youtube.com/watch?v=LuRngMjUs_I
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Originally posted by PTOEguythe Two Man Gentleman Band
I read somewhere that he plays a tenor guitar tuned to plectrum, not followed it up to check that but those are cgbd chord shapes (as opposed to Chicago I was thinking) in the video.
