watched jazz on tcm i never seen so many prewar banjos and bing crosby was there wow my tb3 is almost a hundred years old
I have a 1930 TB-1 conversion ,,, I often wonder if it was played inDixieland jazz bands
Edited by - chuckv97 on 11/03/2026 20:41:33
Whiteman's banjoist was Mike Pingatore. "The King of Jazz" movie is a fun (I watched it too) early sound film. 96yrs old!
If you go to YouTube, you can watch many Vitaphone shorts of 1920s dance bands...many more Tenor and Plectrum banjos. The Gus Arnheim Orchestra's banjoist plays a Paramount Tenortrope (wood topped banjo) that sounds like an early electric guitar! About 8:17 in this video.
Edited by - trapdoor2 on 11/04/2026 05:55:35
The Gus Arnheim short was neat! The banjoist also played straight guitar, which spent most of its time in a stand, but it looked like an old Martin. Was he playing a B&D banjo most of the time? He also played some violin too. Busy.
I really like that bass fiddle player!
jackson brown father played piano in a jazz band
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