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Joe Ford, alto saxophone
Stanley Banks, electric bass
Newman Taylor Baker, washboard

This is a clip of a WABC-7 interview for WABC's Black History Month celebration this February (Toby Hershkowitz, Producer, ABC and Matt Gosciminski, cameraperson; abc7ny.com) on January 22, 2020, at Rafik Bouzgarrou’s BIN 141 Restaurant in the East Village.

Here, my new trio, Washboard XT Express, performs “John Brown’s Dream,” a late 19thc Black string band tune. The first jazz bands had washboards as the percussion instrument. Here is a return to its original place.

This clip shows the power of the washboard to support, direct, and shape a performance in the same manner as the drumset. I met Joe in 1975 and Stanley in 1980, and we’ve been playing together in various situations ever since. The spirit of each fits the spirit of the washboard which is uplifting, inspiring and makes people smile.