http://maryzcox.com/drumming_on_the_edge_of_banjo.html Mary Z. Cox Banjo Web Page: Drumming On the Edge Of Banjo Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:28:49 -0700 http://maryzcox.com/drumming_on_the_edge_of_banjo.html#12

Afro/Carribean drumming with Celtic clawhammer frailing fusion banjo

Available now on this website. :)

Also available on itunes.
Here's a little Youtube of Yazid and Mary Z live at the Cracker Coffee House.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5i8NP-xrE

Yazid and Mary Z will be playing live at the Mockingbird Cafe in Tallahassee on Saturday, May 15, 2010. Please come out and join us--it's going to be fun and the food always rocks. :)]]> http://maryzcox.com/drumming_on_the_edge_of_banjo.html#12 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 If you suspect you need a new banjo--you do. Trust your musical instincts. If a banjo calls to you to buy it, don't fight destiny. It was meant to be. :) - Mary Z. Cox Banjo Web Page - Drumming On the Edge Of Banjo http://maryzcox.com/drumming_on_the_edge_of_banjo.html#11 Short Bio Two time Florida Banjo Champion, Mary Z. Cox, and African Caribbean drummer, Yazid, fuse celtic and Southern frailing banjo with Afro Caribbean drumming in highly percussive rhythms for dancing and listening. Yazid (William Johnson) is a professional drummer and percussion instructor that plays regularly with several performance and dance groups all over Florida. He is equally at home playing for banquet halls of the biggest blackpool hotels and small classes at school. His musical background ranges from professor of ethnomusicology at Florida State University to drummer for Marvin Gaye. Mary Z. Cox, banjo recording artist, plays banjo with her guitarist husband, Bob Cox, in concerts and workshops from coast to coast, and has also played for old time dances in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina for many dance groups. Mary Z. & Yazid are very pleased to introduce this new sound that draws from the not so diverse African/Caribbean and Celtic influenced Southern banjo cultures. The banjo is, after all, a drum with strings. Mary Z and Yazid are honored to be recorded and produced by Gordy Cox (Gordy Cox Productions). His world class ear for fusion blends has left a very exciting influence on our newly released CD, "Drumming On the Edge of Banjo ". Please contact: maryz@maryzcox for concert, festival, workshop, and dance engagements. If you'd like to see the dancers' hips move and sway, please consider us for your next dance or festival. :)

]]> http://maryzcox.com/drumming_on_the_edge_of_banjo.html#11 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 If you suspect you need a new banjo--you do. Trust your musical instincts. If a banjo calls to you to buy it, don't fight destiny. It was meant to be. :) - Mary Z. Cox Banjo Web Page - Drumming On the Edge Of Banjo