Banjo Hangout Top 100 Jazz Songs

my arrangement and adaptation of a Merle Travis guitar instrumental to banjo...it's in Dm and shifts to Dmaj for the bridge...

A Cab Calloway hit from the 1930's, that our 7 piece jazz band often played on a Sunday arvo' at the ''Story Bridge'' pub ... a very popular watering hole, here on the banks of the Brisbane river. \Key F, tuning CGBD ..... hope you enjoy this one on plectrum banjo.. ..... Don.

Les Feuilles Mortes

jazz classic

Made famous by Les Paul and Mary Ford (check youtube), and brought into bluegrass in the 1970s by Walter Hensley (again, check youtube), this may be the first clawhammer--make that clawjazz--version of this fabulous tune.

That's another intercontinental job with Don on plectrum banjo & me on tenor banjo: each one recorded his part at home, Don in Australia, myself in Italy. We enjoyed a lot!

Originally in a 1926 Rodgers and Hart musical, Betsy, and recorded by 50 or more singers and bands afterwards.

Supporting ''Eddy Davis' '' 4St. forum topic, ''Modern Jazz Videos.'' This 1932 memorable jazz ''Duke'' classic played on plectrum banjo. Key Ab, tuning CGBD. - - thanks for tunin' in. - - Don.

Jazz song from an old broadway play

Another banjo collaboration, with yours truly plectrum banjo, and Marco tenor banjo. Hope you all can join us, [as we imagine ourselves] playin' this beaut tune, on the banks of the lazy Mississipi, down in New Orleans. Don.

5-string over Realband backing track, gypsy jazz stylie.

This is my "coming out" recording, as my first upload. In support of the tab I posted, it's my transcription of Django's guitar part to banjo. 1st two rounds are Djangos notes, then a couple of rounds of me trying to be gypsyish, then Django again. Recorded through laptop mic onto a Realband backing track.