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With the exception of Bela Fleck, the banjo has been largely extinct in jazz since around 1930 other than being utilized occasionally in dixieland bands. With the trad revival, in 1951 producer Lester Koenig of Good Time Jazz decided to form the Banjo Kings around the playing of Dick Roberts and Red Roundtree. Backed by a changing rhythm section, the two banjoists are featured on selections cut on four different occasions during 1951-56. But instead of it being Harry Reser-type virtuosity, this group is more of a nostalgic sing-along variety, performing music that often sounds quite corny today. Unless one has the desire to sing along with such songs as "By the Light Of The Silvery Moon," "In The Good Old Summertime" and a couple Stephen Foster medleys, this disc can easily be passed by.
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Sigmund Spaeth, ComposerLyricist - Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - William H. Myddleton, ComposerLyricist - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Ray Henderson, Author - Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy DeSylva, Author - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Greene, Author - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, Author - Stephen Foster, Author, Arranger, Work Arranger, ComposerLyricist - Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Edwards, Composer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Madden, Author - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Good Time Jazz
Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Egbert Van Alstyne, ComposerLyricist - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Williams, ComposerLyricist - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Howard, ComposerLyricist - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ida Emerson, ComposerLyricist - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Walter Donaldson, ComposerLyricist - Gus Kahn, Author - Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Evans, Composer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ren Shields, Author - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Stephen Foster, ComposerLyricist - Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - George Washington Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - James Austin Butterfield, ComposerLyricist - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Stan Wrightsman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Fatool, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Bruns, Bass Guitar, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Leatherwood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Banjo Kings, MainArtist - Lester Koenig, Producer, Recording Producer - Dick Roberts, Banjo, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Roundtree, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Davis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Norris, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
Album review
With the exception of Bela Fleck, the banjo has been largely extinct in jazz since around 1930 other than being utilized occasionally in dixieland bands. With the trad revival, in 1951 producer Lester Koenig of Good Time Jazz decided to form the Banjo Kings around the playing of Dick Roberts and Red Roundtree. Backed by a changing rhythm section, the two banjoists are featured on selections cut on four different occasions during 1951-56. But instead of it being Harry Reser-type virtuosity, this group is more of a nostalgic sing-along variety, performing music that often sounds quite corny today. Unless one has the desire to sing along with such songs as "By the Light Of The Silvery Moon," "In The Good Old Summertime" and a couple Stephen Foster medleys, this disc can easily be passed by.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:43
- Main artists: The Banjo Kings
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Good Time Jazz
- Genre: Jazz
© 1957 Fantasy Records ℗ 1957 Fantasy Records
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