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Welcome to BANJOJAZZ

It’s little wonder that guitarist Howard Alden and banjoist Jack Convery chose Banjojazz for the title of their first CD. Alden famously coached Sean Penn on how to play the guitar and soloed on the guitar sound track for Penn’s role as a Django-style guitarist in the 1999 Woody Allen movie, Sweet and Lowdown. This association has followed him and spawned more than one Django-themed tour for Alden. Beyond this, Alden remains the consummate keeper of the flame for traditional jazz guitar. Jack Convery has performed jazz banjo around the world and is co-founder of the Summer Jazz Banjo Festival in the SF Bay Area , the founder of the Banjo Snow Train and has performed or worked with such legends as Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, The Temptations, Willie Nelson, and John Denver to name few. Even though Jack and Howard live on opposite coasts - Jack near San Francisco and Howard In NYC - both had a love of jazz and both were excellent banjoists. When they had a chance meeting at the 2009 Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, their creative ideas created an ALL NEW, yet very traditional, American music- BANJOJAZZ.