Alan Munde Trio (USA) and Emory Lester& Mark Johnson (USA)

Rosta Capek presents…

Alan Munde Trio (USA)
&
Emory Lester a Mark Johnson (USA)
A Double Concert Featuring Legends of Bluegrass and Acoustic Music
 

May 26, 2015, at the Pyramida Hotel in Prague 6

Alan Munde is considered one of the best 5-string banjo players of all time. He played in a band with Sam Bush and in Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys, where his long and highly productive career in traditional bluegrass began. His most influential band was the Country Gazette, with which he produced many excellent recordings over more than 20 years, including *Alan Munde—Knee Deep in Bluegrass*, which won the IBMA award for Best Instrumental CD.

Alan Munde Trio - In addition to legendary banjoist Alan Munde, the trio features two other pivotal bluegrass musicians: master of flap-picking guitar Adam Granger and three-time IBMA Hall of Fame inductee, bluegrass mandolin legend Dick Kimmel. Both have been performing bluegrass on stages across the U.S., Canada, and Europe for several decades. Dick was a member of Del McCoury’s band. Together and separately, these three musicians have released more than 100 bluegrass recordings.

Emory Lester- A master of the acoustic mandolin who has influenced all of today’s top players. He is admired for his bright, clean, fast, and efficient technique. He has played with Tony Rice and performed for four years with Bill Emerson, founder of the band Country Gentlemen. He currently focuses on jazz, bluegrass, and new-age music, as well as playing the mandola and other mandolin-family instruments. Among his many other recordings, he contributed to the compilation CD *Mandolin Artistry Vol. 1: The Young Mando Monsters*.

Mark Johnson “invented” the Clawgrass style of banjo playing, which is a combination of the clawhammer style and Scruggs’s three-finger technique. He is not only an excellent player but also a composer of acoustic music. In 2012, he was awarded the Steve Martin Award (for his outstanding banjo playing and contribution to bluegrass music).
His banjo playing is unique; while it is, of course, primarily bluegrass, it also incorporates influences from traditional folk, progressive acoustic music, newgrass, and, above all, old-time.
 

Photo Gallery (photo by Štěpán Bahenský)