Cynthia Sayer
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Cynthia Nan Sayer is a jazz banjoist and vocalist.
Sayer was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, but grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. She took up the banjo when she was thirteen years old. She attended Ithica College in New York and was graduated magna cum laude with a bachelors degree in English.
In 1982 she recorded with Marvin Hamlisch for the soundtrack for Sophie's Choice. In 1985 she worked as a musical consultant on Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo.
Cynthia Sayer is a regular member of Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band which plays every Monday evening at Manhattan's Carlyle Hotel. She appears in documentary film Wild Man Blues (directed by Barbara Kopple) and documents a 1996 European tour by Allen and his band. Sayer appears on two released recordings of the group, CDs: The Bunk Project (1993) and the soundtrack of Wild Man Blues (1997).
[edit] Sources
- The Mississippi Rag, Cynthia Sayer, Banjoist from the Big Apple, by George A. Borgman, June 1994.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band: http://www.woodyallenband.com
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