Vess Ossman

banjo · 1868–1923 · Hudson

A five-string banjoist born in Hudson, New York, he recorded from 1893 and dominated ragtime recordings of the 1900s for Columbia and Victor. His last Columbia sessions date from December 14, 1917.

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Styles

• Ragtime

Landmark tracks

• The Buffalo Rag (1906)

Sources

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