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Except for Dixieland combinations the banjo decidedly fell out of favor in jazz about 1934 when bands like Duke Ellington’s replaced the banjo with a rhythm guitar. Recently though some plectrumists are striving to adapt the distinctive banjo clangs and finger picking to contemporary sounds. One of these is Brandon Seabrook, a guitarist known for his work with, among others, Anthony Btraxton and Mike Pride. Besides his fretted instruments Seabrook’s associates here are Austrian keyboardist… Read More