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Top 100 Jazz Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.

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Blue Smoke ( a Merle Travis early fusion tune)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2020


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

Christmas Song

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019


''Emaline''

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2018


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.

''Emaline''

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2018


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.

Blue Drag

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2017


Blue Drag

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2017


Autumn Leaves

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2017


Les Feuilles Mortes

Autumn Leaves

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2017


Les Feuilles Mortes

Windy and Warm

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2017


Windy and Warm

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2017


Limehouse Blues

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2017


jazz classic

Limehouse Blues

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2017


jazz classic

The Very Thought of You

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2015


The Very Thought of You

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2015


The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2015


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.

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2015


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.

AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (La Rocca-Shields, 1918)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015


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!

AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL (La Rocca-Shields, 1918)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015


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!

Rendez-Vous in Paris

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2015


Rendez-Vous in Paris

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2015


Blue Skies

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2015


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

Blue Skies

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2015


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

"Sophisticated Lady"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2015


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.

"Sophisticated Lady"

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2015


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.

Whatever Lola Wants

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2015


Jazz song from an old broadway play

Whatever Lola Wants

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2015


Jazz song from an old broadway play

"Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" - - Don and Marco.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2015


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.

"Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" - - Don and Marco.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2015


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.

All of Me

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2014


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

All of Me

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2014


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

Caravan

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014


Caravan

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2014


Muskrat Ramble

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2014


Muskrat Ramble

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2014


Minor Swing

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2014


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.

Minor Swing

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2014


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.

Seven Come Eleven

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2014


Seven Come Eleven

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2014


''Buddy Boldens Bluees,'' written by "Jelly Roll Morton."

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2014


Supporting Eddy Davis' 4 string forum topic on'' Some more Jelly Roll Morton Tunes.''

''Buddy Boldens Bluees,'' written by "Jelly Roll Morton."

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2014


Supporting Eddy Davis' 4 string forum topic on'' Some more Jelly Roll Morton Tunes.''

Little Linda

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2014


I think this is technically a samba.

Little Linda

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2014


I think this is technically a samba.

Slow Blues

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2014


''Lance Maquire,'' a good tenor banjo playin' old mate of mine, had a copy of this tune, played by ''Harry.' I'd never heard it before, and liked it a lot, so I'm posting it here, so you can have a listen. 21/5/14 I'm sorry for misleading you! but this is ''Lance Maquire'' playin' this, and not ''Harry Reser.'' Take a bow ''Lance,'' well played.

Slow Blues

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2014


''Lance Maquire,'' a good tenor banjo playin' old mate of mine, had a copy of this tune, played by ''Harry.' I'd never heard it before, and liked it a lot, so I'm posting it here, so you can have a listen. 21/5/14 I'm sorry for misleading you! but this is ''Lance Maquire'' playin' this, and not ''Harry Reser.'' Take a bow ''Lance,'' well played.

Back Home in Indiana

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2014


Back Home in Indiana

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2014


Autumn Leaves

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2014


Eddie Kebabjian and I playing Autumn Leaves. I play both banjo parts, Eddy plays guitar and bass. There is a little multi tracking here so we could play all the parts ourselves. There is 2 tenor banjos and a bass and guitar with some guitar fills on another track.

Autumn Leaves

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2014


Eddie Kebabjian and I playing Autumn Leaves. I play both banjo parts, Eddy plays guitar and bass. There is a little multi tracking here so we could play all the parts ourselves. There is 2 tenor banjos and a bass and guitar with some guitar fills on another track.

Panhandle Rag

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2014


Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys is where I learned this.

Panhandle Rag

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2014


Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys is where I learned this.

St. James Infirmary

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2013


Me and the Americana Ensemble class at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music giving St. James Infirmary a go (Oct 2013). I'm practicing soloing and rolls. It's a wonderful class full of nice, wickedly talented people. http://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/detail/?courseid=3609

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