CYNTHIA SAYER, Jazz Banjo

CYNTHIA SAYER, Jazz Banjo

Saturday, March 14 at 8:00PM

Sunday, March 15 at 2:00PM

Tickets: $22.50, $17.50 Jazz Club, GPAC Family

Contemporary, edgy, and soulful, Cynthia Sayer breaks all the banjo player stereotypes as she single-

handedly brings the 4-string banjo to the forefront of jazz. Celebrated as the top 4-string 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 jazz banjo. Sayer has played with a variety of leading jazz, popular, & roots artists,

including Bucky Pizzarelli, Dick Hyman, Wynton Marsalis, Les Paul, Bill Cosby, Marvin Hamlisch, Kenny Davern,

Charlie Giordano (Springsteen’s E Street Band), Milt Hinton, Marian McPartland, John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt

Band), and many others.

Sayer has accumulated numerous awards and honors, including induction into the National Banjo Hall of

Fame. The Dresden International Jazz Festival awarded Cynthia their Festival Trophy, describing her as "a

pioneer of a new banjo style... an exceptional artist who, without showy gimmicks, captivates and excites her

audiences."

Accustomed to standing ovations at nearly every concert she performs, Sayer loves her GPAC fans who

fill the hall to bursting every time she visits GPAC.