Cynthia Sayer and Her Sparks Fly Quartet Presented by Tri-State Jazz Society at Haddonfield United Methodist Church

Soulful, edgy and both contemporary and classic, Cynthia Sayer breaks all the banjo player stereotypes as she single-handedly brings the 4-string banjo to the forefront of early jazz. Dick Hyman has commented:”[Cynthia Sayer] takes us into
places where you’d never expect the banjo to be admitted and makes herself completely at home.” Celebrated as the top 4-string jazz banjoist in the world today, and praised for her “drive and virtuosity” by The New York Times, Cynthia is
a founding member of Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band with whom she played and toured for over 10 years. Her solo career has taken her well beyond these New Orleans roots as a dynamic performer, instrumentalist and vocalist, and whose...

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Soulful, edgy and both contemporary and classic, Cynthia Sayer breaks all the banjo player stereotypes as she single-handedly brings the 4-string banjo to the forefront of early jazz. Dick Hyman has commented:”[Cynthia Sayer] takes us into
places where you’d never expect the banjo to be admitted and makes herself completely at home.” Celebrated as the top 4-string jazz banjoist in the world today, and praised for her “drive and virtuosity” by The New York Times, Cynthia is
a founding member of Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band with whom she played and toured for over 10 years. Her solo career has taken her well beyond these New Orleans roots as a dynamic performer, instrumentalist and vocalist, and whose
eclectic, swing-based shows embody the rarely heard range and versatility of the 4-string banjo.

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