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Tony Trischka

Anthony Cattell Trischka (born January 16, 1949) is an American five-string banjo player. Sandra Brennan wrote of him in 2021: "One of the most influential modern banjoists, both in several forms of bluegrass music and occasionally in jazz and avant-garde, Tony Trischka has inspired a whole generation of progressive bluegrass musicians."[1]

Tony Trischka

Anthony Cattell Trischka

(1949-01-16) January 16, 1949
Syracuse, New York, U.S.

Bluegrass, country

Musician, educator

Banjo

1970s–present

Rounder, Smithsonian Folkways, Shefa Records

www.tonytrischka.com

Bluegrass Light (, 1974)

Rounder

Heartlands (, 1975)

Rounder

Banjoland (, 1977)

Rounder

Fiddle Tunes for Banjo with and Béla Fleck (Rounder, 1981)

Bill Keith

A Robot Plane Flies over Arkansas (, 1983)

Rounder

Hill Country (, 1985)

Rounder

Alone & Together with (Brambus, 1991)

Beppe Gambetta

Solo Banjo Works with (Rounder, 1992)

Béla Fleck

(Rounder, 1995)

World Turning

Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection (, 1995)

Rounder

Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular (, 2007)

Rounder

Territory ( 2008)

Smithsonian Folkways

Great Big World (Rounder, 2014)

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Of A Winter's Night (Independent, 2014)

The Durban Sessions (Independent, 2019)

Shall We Hope (, 2021)

Shefa Records

Merv Griffin Show, 1976

Nashville Network's Fire on the Mountain, 1984, 1986

Ralph Emery's "Frets" Awards Show, The Nashville Network, 1987

CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Foxfire with Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn and John Denver, 1987

British television production of Echoes of America: History of the Five String Banjo, 1989

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS), 1992

CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood – feature story (including Béla Fleck), 1995

ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Summer, 1996

ABC Views, with Béla Fleck, Summer 1997

Live at the Quick, with Bela Fleck, 2004–2006

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, with Steve Martin, Brittany Haas, and Michael Daves, April 2007

Late Show with David Letterman, with Steve Martin, Bela Fleck, Brittany Haas, and Michael Daves, April 2007

CBS Television Network's Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute, with Miley Cyrus, April 2018

Melodic Banjo, Oak Publications, 1976

Banjo Song Book, Oak Publications, 1977

Masters of the 5-String Banjo, Oak Publications, 1988

Official site

Online Banjo School with Tony Trischka