the Plectrum Duo

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Cody Anderson and Morris Acevedo playing classic (pre electric) Jazz Guitar Duets from the 1930s. Morris and Cody are guitarists living in Sonoma, Co California. In addition to performing classic Jazz, both musicians play a variety of modern Jazz and Rock styles with groups in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information visit

http://www.morrisacevedo.com"

Most of the Plectrum Duo's repertoire comes from original sheet music from the 1930's given to Morris Acevedo by one of his 1st guitar teachers Jack Peterson, while Morris was attending North Texas State University in the mid 1980's. Other material comes from a book published by Mel Bay called Masters of the Plectrum Guitar.

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Throughout the 1920s, dance bands carried banjos, rather than guitars in their rhythm sections. In the late twenties and early thirties plectrists en masse exchanged their banjos for the mellower and fuller guitar. This move to the guitar was due in no small part to the influence of Eddie Lang.

Eddie Lang, Carl Kress, Dick McDonough and George Van Eps all began their professional careers as banjoists. As guitarists, each developed a personal style that drew upon the vigorous rhythmic chordal strumming on the plectrum banjo. The 30's Jazz Guitarists favored arch-top, f-hole guitars, often selecting Gibson's L-5, the choice of Kress and McDonough. These were set up with high (by today's standards) action, which contributed to the projection and clarity of tone essential when competing with the louder instruments.

FROM: the liner notes to "Fun on the Frets" YAZOO 1061

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