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Fairbanks built very few presentation banjos, and those that survive are highly prized by collectors.īorn in Massachusetts in 1852, Albert Conant Fairbanks began making banjos in Boston in the late 1870s. The metal fittings of the body-rim, tension hoop, and brackets-are nickel-plated brass. Both the peghead and fingerboard are bound with ivorylike celluloid to match the real ivory used for the tuning pegs, tailpiece, and nut (the grooved bar holding the strings in place above the fingerboard). The pearl itself is of exceptional quality, with highlights of green and pink. This one has an ebony fingerboard set on a carved oak neck inlaid with mother-of-pearl urns, leaves, flowers, birds, and dolphins. Although they possessed great beauty of tone, presentation-grade banjos were works of art designed to be appreciated visually more than aurally. Vaste programme auquel Frémeaux consacre trois CD sous la houlette de Gérard De Smaele, spécialiste belge du banjo dont il connaît et pratique moult facettes.The five-string banjo pictured below is a custom, presentation-grade Electric model produced by the A. Les voici avec un autre répertoire : le « classic banjo ». « Jamais je n’ai oublié ce vinyle de Fred Van Eps et Vess Ossman sur le label Yazoo – il s’agissait de deux interprètes du ragtime banjo. SIDNEY TURNER & CLIFFORD ESSEX / A BUNCH OF RAGS (1914).SIDNEY TURNER / ADANTE ET WALTZ (1913).SHIRLEY SPAULDING / A FOOTLIGHT FAVORITE (1922).

TED SHAWNEE / BLACK AND WHITE RAG – (CA.

JOHN PIDOUX / A PLANTATION EPISODE / (1919).

OLLY OAKLEY / THE PALLADIUM MARCH (1923).

OLLY OAKLEY / A BANJO ODDITY (UNKNOWN).

ALEXANDER MAGHEE / JOLLY DARKIES / (CA.

ALFRED KIRBY / HEATHER BLOOM (UNKNOWN).

ALFRED FARLAND / CARNIVAL OF VENICE (1917).

BERT EARLE / THE BACCHANAL RAG (UNKNOWN).

ALFRED CAMMEYER / CHINESE PATROL / (1912).

BROWN / CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIRS (1917)

FRANK BRADBURY / DANCE OF THE HOURS (CA.

FRED BACON / MEDLEY OF SOUTHERN AIRS (MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME / DIXIE / OLD FOLKS AT HOME) / (1920).

OTHERS: FRED BACON / MASSA’S IN THE COLD COLD GROUND (1917)

CHINESE PICNIC & ORIENTAL DANCE (1923) ĬD 3.

Drawn from sources collected by Wayne Adams (Toronto, 1929-2013), this is a brand new historical exploration of the repertoire of the North American continent’s popular instrument of reference. The selection here unveils a major chapter in the history of this famous instrument, some of whose technical aspects are still in evidence today in modern bluegrass. Prepared by Gérard De Smaele, an eminent five-string banjo specialist, this anthology clears the field in revealing older recordings by the great forgotten modernizers of the so-called “classical” banjo, among them Fred Van Eps and Vess Ossman.

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