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NormanD Review: Otis Taylor's Recapturing the Banjo (21) RE: Review: Otis Taylor's Recapturing the Banjo 25 Jan 09


I share suzy T's experience of the live show. I saw "Capturing The Banjo" package (with Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Otis Taylor, and Don Vappie) on its earlier leg of a UK tour last year. It was a good evening, but somehow the total was weaker than its component parts. The group sat in a horsehoe, and took turns to play, and swapped a few solos, and did some ensemble work. Fortunately, there was no air of competitive rivalry or egotism, but maybe that's what weakened the show a little.

Don Vappie came across as a fine player, a real surprise to me.

The first half of the evening had been a performance by Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba. They wiped the floor and set a very high standard for the second half, which the banjo guys could not beat.
A sample of Bassekou here


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