banjo Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/banjo Celebrating 30 Years Online! Thu, 07 Dec 2023 03:31:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/contemporaryjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-ContemporaryJazz-mascot-logo-favicon-512x512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 banjo Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/banjo 32 32 124780169 Bela Fleck & the Flecktones Holiday Recording https://contemporaryjazz.com/bela-fleck-the-flecktones-holiday-recording https://contemporaryjazz.com/bela-fleck-the-flecktones-holiday-recording#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:10:23 +0000 http://www.contemporaryjazz.com/?p=893 Christmas music from Santa Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is coming on September 30. Jingle All the Way is the first collection of holiday music from the long-standing band. It features everything from banjo-harmonic arrangements of “Christmas Time Is Here” and “River,” to a Tuvan-inspired, worldbeat rendition of “What Child Is This / Dyngyldai.” “We […]

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]]> Christmas music from Santa Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is coming on September 30. Jingle All the Way is the first collection of holiday music from the long-standing band. It features everything from banjo-harmonic arrangements of “Christmas Time Is Here” and “River,” to a Tuvan-inspired, worldbeat rendition of “What Child Is This / Dyngyldai.”

“We always imagined we would do a holiday album,” Fleck said in a statement. “When the Flecktones first got together, we worked out a Christmas medley; it was really fun. People loved it, and we continued to play it every year.”

Jingle All the Way isn’t the first seasonal work from Bela Fleck. He previously recorded “White Christmas” with Bob James for the Warner Bros. Jazz Christmas PartyWarner Bros. Jazz Christmas Party CD years ago.

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