In my opinion these tunes are perfect for harmony, melody, rhythm, dynamics and techniques to extract a good sound from a tenor banjo.

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Originally posted by TB4

In my opinion these tunes are perfect for harmony, melody, rhythm, dynamics and techniques to extract a good sound from a tenor banjo.

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Perfection is not for humans.. least of all for banjoists! ;-)

but thank you Marco... I was playing tenor banjo since a couple of years when I did these recordings, maybe there are some things that I could do better now, but I worked hard to play those tunes... I still like it!

Bravo, Paolo!

Classic jazz is jazz (at least to us moldy figs)!

Bix lives! (And it goes without saying, so does Louis.)

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Originally posted by Tim Jumper

Bravo, Paolo!

Classic jazz is jazz (at least to us moldy figs)!

Bix lives! (And it goes without saying, so does Louis.)

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Thank you Tim!
 

I must say I love every season of Jazz history: from New Orleans to Swing, Bebop, Free Jazz, Jazz/Rock till nowdays....

But I think every Jazz musician, whatever style he plays, must have a strong consciousness of the origin of this music, for me starting to play banjo has been a way to get closer to the roots of Jazz

so I'm with you saying Bix Lives! Sachmo Lives! 
and I would also add Bird Lives! Miles Lives! Coltrane Lives! Ornette Lives!

Yes -- Long live jazz!

Enjoyed listening to your take on these classics Paolo, good on you!. ...... Don.

I would love the tabs/notation for these! These are great, you are so talented!

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Originally posted by Don Lewers

Enjoyed listening to your take on these classics Paolo, good on you!. ...... Don.

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Thank you Don! Much appreciated:-)

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Originally posted by matthewmetscaviz

I would love the tabs/notation for these! These are great, you are so talented!

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Thank you Matthew

if you look in my Tab section you find Bill Bailey, I will upload the other songs in a while

https://www.banjohangout.org/tab/browse.asp?m=detail&v=12241

To quote 'banjopaolo:


I must say I love every season of Jazz history: from New Orleans to Swing, Bebop, Free Jazz, Jazz/Rock till nowdays....

But I think every Jazz musician, whatever style he plays, must have a strong consciousness of the origin of this music, for me starting to play banjo has been a way to get closer to the roots of Jazz

so I'm with you saying Bix Lives! Sachmo Lives!
and I would also add Bird Lives! Miles Lives! Coltrane Lives! Ornette Lives!

My '2 cents' worth': I started off playing banjo--60 years ago--with a New Orleans band--all beginners in the style. Putting on 78 recordings of the '20's jazz classics and trying to copy. A few gigs. Then moved onto other bands in the style. Later heard Django / Steff with the 'Hot Cub Of France'--'Blew me away!! Had to get a guitar. For many years played in New Orleans / Dixieland / 'Gypsy Jazz bands on banjo / guitar / Double bass. Played in duo's / trio's / quartets to big bands.
I have played with more so called 'modern'jazz musicians over the years. A lot of the guys today start their jazz listening from the 1970's upwards and miss out the the early jazz classics--the like of Louis / Bix / Colman Hawkins / Lester Young etc---they tend to think 'It's all old hat'--very sad--they do not know what they are missing!! I talk to the younger guys of today. I will be on double bass. When discussing tunes to play a lot of the talk is 'Chords'--'Dbm6b13th demolished 9th' (You get the picture?) Ahh! Classic jazz will be forever!

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Originally posted by Hot Club Man

To quote 'banjopaolo:


I must say I love every season of Jazz history: from New Orleans to Swing, Bebop, Free Jazz, Jazz/Rock till nowdays....

But I think every Jazz musician, whatever style he plays, must have a strong consciousness of the origin of this music, for me starting to play banjo has been a way to get closer to the roots of Jazz

so I'm with you saying Bix Lives! Sachmo Lives!
and I would also add Bird Lives! Miles Lives! Coltrane Lives! Ornette Lives!

My '2 cents' worth': I started off playing banjo--60 years ago--with a New Orleans band--all beginners in the style. Putting on 78 recordings of the '20's jazz classics and trying to copy. A few gigs. Then moved onto other bands in the style. Later heard Django / Steff with the 'Hot Cub Of France'--'Blew me away!! Had to get a guitar. For many years played in New Orleans / Dixieland / 'Gypsy Jazz bands on banjo / guitar / Double bass. Played in duo's / trio's / quartets to big bands.
I have played with more so called 'modern'jazz musicians over the years. A lot of the guys today start their jazz listening from the 1970's upwards and miss out the the early jazz classics--the like of Louis / Bix / Colman Hawkins / Lester Young etc---they tend to think 'It's all old hat'--very sad--they do not know what they are missing!! I talk to the younger guys of today. I will be on double bass. When discussing tunes to play a lot of the talk is 'Chords'--'Dbm6b13th demolished 9th' (You get the picture?) Ahh! Classic jazz will be forever!

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In my experience Real Jazz musician of any age (I play with some very young musician) know and love all the history of this music... 

Paolo, I’ve listened to your beautiful banjo solo pieces for years, and they always make me smile. You’re a hero to me. You play from the heart, you have great taste, and you have the banjo skills to make that good taste come to life on your instrument. ‘Excellent work.

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Originally posted by Compass56

Paolo, I’ve listened to your beautiful banjo solo pieces for years, and they always make me smile. You’re a hero to me. You play from the heart, you have great taste, and you have the banjo skills to make that good taste come to life on your instrument. ‘Excellent work.

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Thank you Tony... I can say the same things of your playing! :-)

Just wanted to add I've actually had your Bill Bailey tab saved for a while! It was actually kind of where I started. I had not even heard the song bill bailey, didn't know anything about jazz besides it really making sense to me.

I never actually got around to learning it completely, it's such a unique take on the song. It's one of those songs that while playing some of the licks in the second half I'm really amazed that my playing sounds so good!

It's been 2 years since I really started prioritizing the tenor, and now I can play like a hundred standards, I can read music, I can work from fake books, I even moved to New Orleans.

I just wanted to point out that I'm sure I'm not the only person taking this sort of path trying to learn, and you guys who take the time to put out this content is so unbelievably helpful to beginners. There is so little resources until you can grasp reading music, the tabs people take the time to post really kept me going. I swear I played the first page of Bill Bailey more than anyone should ever play it haha.

Didn't mean to rant, there isn't a lot of internet space quite like this anymore. I'm really grateful to be able to get advice from my favorite players. Sometimes it gets a Lil dead around here but I guarantee there is always someone looking for content.

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Originally posted by matthewmetscaviz

Just wanted to add I've actually had your Bill Bailey tab saved for a while! It was actually kind of where I started. I had not even heard the song bill bailey, didn't know anything about jazz besides it really making sense to me.

I never actually got around to learning it completely, it's such a unique take on the song. It's one of those songs that while playing some of the licks in the second half I'm really amazed that my playing sounds so good!

It's been 2 years since I really started prioritizing the tenor, and now I can play like a hundred standards, I can read music, I can work from fake books, I even moved to New Orleans.

I just wanted to point out that I'm sure I'm not the only person taking this sort of path trying to learn, and you guys who take the time to put out this content is so unbelievably helpful to beginners. There is so little resources until you can grasp reading music, the tabs people take the time to post really kept me going. I swear I played the first page of Bill Bailey more than anyone should ever play it haha.

Didn't mean to rant, there isn't a lot of internet space quite like this anymore. I'm really grateful to be able to get advice from my favorite players. Sometimes it gets a Lil dead around here but I guarantee there is always someone looking for content.

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Matthew I'm happy the tab works for you! I will post all the others tabs in a while, please be patient...

Take your time and try to do your own arrangements of some songs.. remember to watch the videos of Eddy Davis, there are plenty on the youtube, you can learn a lot from his playing..

also remember that rhythm is much more important than anything else (harmony, melody etc) and banjo is a rhythmic instrument... that's the first thing in my opinion

lf you feel like I'd love to hear you play my arrangement of Bill Bailey :-)

Here Are the PDF of all the songs...