Discography

Cynthia riding a scooter down a city street with a guitar on their back, with tall buildings and colorful lights, and the text 'Cynthia Sayer Joyride' overlayed.

JOYRIDE

Cynthia’s newest album, JOYRIDE, features the jazz/roots accordion of Charlie Giordano (the keyboard player with Springsteen's E Street Band) along with other top artists.

Cynthia lying down in a red dress with a tambourine in front of her, advertising Cynthia Sayer's 'Attractions' show with Bucky Pizzarelli.
Black and white portrait of Cynthia holding a banjo, with peacock feathers on the left side, and text listing musicians on the album cover.

ATTRACTIONS

Cynthia Sayer's widely acclaimed album, ATTRACTIONS, features legendary guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli along with her ensemble of renowned NYC musicians.

CYNTHIA

Enjoy celebrated banjoist Cynthia Sayer's first two albums reissued on one extra-long CD! Originally titled "The Jazz Banjo Of Cynthia Sayer" and "More Jazz Banjo"

Cynthia with curly brown hair holding a banjo, with an acoustic guitar in the background, in an indoor setting. The text reads "Cynthia Sayer String Swing."
Album cover featuring Cynthia Sayer sitting with a banjo and a guitar, with a background of windows showing city buildings.

STRING SWING

Cynthia Sayer’s album STRING SWING pays homage 1920s & '30s Hot Jazz and Western Swing.

Album cover featuring Cynthia Sayer with curly hair, wearing a red top, leaning on a musical instrument. The background has yellow arrows and text indicating "Cynthia Sayer," "Forward Moves," and "Featuring Kenny Davern."

JAZZ AT HOME

A top selling album in its release year, JAZZ AT HOME is still fresh and toe-tapping as ever.

An acoustic guitar with ornate detailing, CD copies of Cynthia Sayer's album 'Souvenirs' are on a patterned tablecloth, along with a music stand and other objects in the background.

FORWARD MOVES

This charming, joyous recording by stellar swing banjoist Cynthia Sayer was released in 1992 and is back by popular demand, newly remastered.

Album cover titled 'The Jazz Banjo of Cynthia Sayer' featuring Cynthia in a blue shirt holding a banjo, with text mentioning featured artists Dick Wellstood and Milt Hinton, and produced by Eady Davis.

SOUVENIRS Multimedia CD

Cynthia Sayer's SOUVENIRS, released in 2002, was one of the first classic jazz MultiMedia CDs.

THE JAZZ BANJO OF CYNTHIA SAYER

Enjoy the debut album of award winning artist Cynthia Sayer, regarded as one of the top jazz banjoists/vocalists worldwide.

Photograph of four musicians standing outdoors with trees and a building in the background, holding musical instruments, from the album cover of "The New York Banjo Ensemble Plays Gershwin."
Book cover titled "You're in the Band" with a yellow and orange gradient background and bold black and red text about playing jazz in a band, authored by Cynthia Sayer Music.

THE NEW YORK BANJO ENSEMBLE PLAYS GERSHWIN

YOU'RE IN THE BAND

The real experience of playing in a Tradiotional Jazz/Hot Jazz Band

More Cynthia Sayer Recordings

“The All In Good Time Concerto” (Cynthia Sayer Music, 2025)

"More Jazz Banjo" (Volume 2), featuring Bucky Pizzarelli & Dick Wellstood
(New York Jazz Records, 1989)

"Jass"  Cynthia Sayer’s New York Banjo Ensemble (New York Jazz Records, 1984) 

Cynthia is also on numerous other recordings, including:

"Willful" (The Stereo Society, 2021) – banjo

"The Panda Collection" (The Music Class, 2018) – banjo, ukulele, xylophone

"Hot Town" Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra (Accurate Records, 2015) – banjo

“Magic In The Moonlight” (Feature Film Soundtrack, 2014) – ukulele

"Preschool Is Cool: Hello Song" (Soundtrack, 2011), Sesame Street Workshop – banjo

 “Live at the Camidoglio With Woody Allen” (DVD, Gruppo EDO, 2003) – piano, vocals

“Anything Else” (Soundtrack, 2003) – piano

“The Tiger Collection” (The Music Class, 2001) - banjo, multi-instrumentalist, arranger

“The Monkey Collection” (The Music Class, 1999) - banjo, multi-instrumentalist, arranger

“The Lion Collection” (The Music Class, 1999) - banjo, multi-instrumentalist, arranger

“Reminiscing In Music” • Peter Ecklund (Arbors Records, 1999) - banjo

"Wild Man Blues" • Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band (Soundtrack, RCA Victor, 1998) – piano

“The European Jazz Giants” • Peter “Banjo” Meyer (Best.Nr. CD 20.1666, 1996) - Special Guest, banjo, vocals,

“Tubby The Tuba Meets A Jazz Band” • Jack Kleinsinger (Label unknown, 1995?) - banjo

“Strings Attached” • Peter Ecklund (Arbors Records, 1996) - banjo

"Bullets Over Broadway" (Soundtrack, Sony/Columbia, 1994) – banjo                        

"World Turning" • Tony Trischka (Rounder Records, 1993) – drums

"The Bunk Project" • Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band (Music Masters Jazz, 1993) – piano

"The Purple Rose Of Cairo" (Soundtrack, MCA, 1984) – ukulele