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Alison Brown (banjo)
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Allison de Groot (banjo)
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Anders Holst-Jensen (banjo)
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Andrey Agafonov (banjo)
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Avram Siegel (banjo)
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BB Bowness (banjo)
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Bela Fleck (banjo)
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Just in case you aren't familiar with Béla Fleck, there are some who say he's the premiere banjo player in the world. Others claim that Béla has virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo through a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him... [ Continue ]
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Ben Wright (HHP) (banjo)
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Benny Haravitch (banjo)
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Bill Dendle (banjo)
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Bob Rowbotham (banjo)
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Brad Roth (banjo)
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Chris Bancroft (banjo)
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Chris Gildersleeve (banjo)
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I fell for jazz when I was 16. It was Johnny Dodds who hooked me, soon followed by “Jelly Roll” Morton and Louis Armstrong. When studying in Newcastle I was lucky to meet Jack McLaughlin and the Maryville Jazz Band who introduced me to original styled jazz and Tom Tyler who... [ Continue ]
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Chuck Wayne (banjo)
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Had Charlie Christian not died of tuberculosis at age 25 in 1942, he certainly would have been the first guitarist to record bebop. His single-string attack on Up on Teddy's Hill with Dizzy Gillespie, captured live at Minton's in 1941, was clearly ahead of its time. But the solo... [ Continue ]
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Cynthia Sayer (banjo)
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Multi-award-winning instrumentalist/vocalist/bandleader Cynthia Sayer is acclaimed by musicians, critics, and fans alike as the top 4-string banjoist in the world today. Praised for her “drive and virtuosity” by the New York Times, Cynthia enchants audiences with her... [ Continue ]
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Danny Barker (banjo)
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A jazz banjoist and guitarist with a career that stretched over parts of eight decades, Danny Barker lived the history of jazz in the twentieth century. Then, late in life, he became one of its most qualified chroniclers, drawing upon his recollections of the early days of jazz... [ Continue ]
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Dave Guard (banjo)
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Dave Guard was an important figure in the late ’50s and early ’60s folk boom, principally as a member of the Kingston Trio, and for a brief time as the central attraction in Dave Guard’s Whiskeyhill Singers. Guard, with Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane, was an original member... [ Continue ]
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Dave MacMillan (banjo)
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David Bandrowski (banjo)
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David grew up playing the 5-string banjo in New Orleans and Boston. He then went on to study guitar at Berklee College of Music, and graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans from their jazz studies program. Before Hurricane Katrina, you could see David playing regularly... [ Continue ]
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David Viscount Price (banjo)
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Devan Kortan (banjo)
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Don Vappie (banjo)
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Don Vappie, musician/composer/educator, is the 2021 Steve Martin Banjo Prize Winner and the Banjo Hall of Fame inductee, in September 2022. In addition, he has received awards for his contributions to the preservation of New Orleans Creole Culture through music and film. He has... [ Continue ]
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Dr. Edmond Souchon (banjo)
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Eric Rock (banjo)
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Franny Smith (banjo)
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Gawain Mathews (banjo)
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Gerald Mac McKenzie (banjo)
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Henhouse Prowlers (banjo)
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With two decades proudly under their belts, the Henhouse Prowlers' sight remains fixed on the future.Ever constant in the group's enthralling performances is their ability to showcase their passion for music and humanity. All four members possessing a knack for... [ Continue ]
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Holger Gross (banjo)
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Jake Bluenote (banjo)
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Jake Schepps (banjo)
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Jake Schepps and Expedition plays engaging, dynamic material that reflects the Colorado aesthetic of roots music. The Expedition Quartet remains true to the artistic values of stringband, yet draws on certain jazz sensibilities, such as improvisation, more extended harmonies and... [ Continue ]
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Jared Engel (banjo)
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Jayme Stone (banjo)
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Banjo-playing composer Jayme Stone follows whimsy rigorously. He picked up a passion for music from an eccentric uncle who listened to records endlessly, placing his ashtray on the speaker so Stone could join him in watching how the cigarette smoke swirled to the music. Stone... [ Continue ]
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Jeff Burke (banjo)
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Jerron Paxton (banjo)
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Jimmy Mazzy (banjo)
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Jimmy Mazzy enjoys iconic status as both a banjoist and vocalist on the American jazz scene. For more than forty years, this consummate musician has delighted followers of traditional jazz with his uniquely lyrical banjo style and his wonderfully haunting vocals. He is featured... [ Continue ]
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Joe Troop (banjo)
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With a new president, vaccines rolling out, and massive cultural changes underway, most of us are looking for a moment just to breathe. But not Joe Troop. As the GRAMMY-nominated bandleader for Che Apalache, Troop didn’t stop even for a second as COVID ravaged a whole... [ Continue ]
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Joel Key (banjo)
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John Hartford (banjo)
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John Hartford won Grammy awards in three different decades, recorded a catalog of more than 30 albums, and wrote one of the most popular songs of all time, Gentle On My Mind. He was a regular guest and contributor on the Glen Campbell Good Time Hour and the Smothers Brothers... [ Continue ]
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John McFee (banjo)
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John-Anthony Demaio (banjo)
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Johnny Serrano (banjo)
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Johnny St. Cyr (banjo)
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Johnny St. Cyr is one of the masters of early blues-jazz. His recordings with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven feature some really impressive solo and rhythm player where St. Cyr explores the extended range of the guitar-banjo. St. Cyr used a special made banjo with... [ Continue ]
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Juan Carlos ?guila Coghlan (banjo)
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40 years playing in Traditional Jazz Bands. Currently, working in a Ph.D. thesis on Jazz and Interculturality [ Continue ]
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Katie Cavera - Los Angeles (banjo)
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Konstantinos Revelas (banjo)
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Larry Saltzman (banjo)
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Lukas Pool (banjo)
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Marco Giongrandi (banjo)
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