Huddersfield Jazz Guitar Society

Newsletter No. 21 May 2013

Hi Jazz Guitar Fans, It was a good turnout, despite being another bitterly cold, late winters night. As is becoming the norm, Tom Prior started the evenings performances, with a solo rendition of My Funny Valentine. Tom never ceases to surprise and while he is known to be a fine Djangoesque swing player this performance also demonstrated both his sensitive side and a penchant for mischievous fun. His fingerstyle chops were also very impressive, (as was the colour of his new guitar!!)

Tom was then joined by Martin Chung for a tidy and well busked reading of the swing classic Sweet Georgia Brown. Martin too is becoming more eclectic, combining bends, blues licks and a Django-like vibrato and all on a guitar that looks like a space-ship. Darren and Richard followed, beautifully supported by Phil Kampen on bass. Darren graciously turned over most of the spot for a feature for Richard whose solid, if a little timid, playing is steadily improving over the months. Polka Dots and Moonbeams followed with a nice referential improvisation from Darren and intelligent chord work from Richard.

Dave Vanfgelderen and Chris Brown followed this with an unusually bright tempo version of Misty. Lovely tone from Daves Guild and really tasteful note choice for his solo.

Nice to see Chris going for it with a powerful solo, full of confidence and commitment. Dave then again took the head for East of the Sun. This duo goes from strength to strength but it would be nice to hear Chris take some of the heads form time to time. Robin Thomas was up next with yet another relatively up-tempo reading of a ballad: The Nearness of You. This was a beautifully managed managed solo performance, with a straight proper guitar sound. Robin had obviously decided against being Bill Frizell again this month!

Joined by Charles on electric bass, Robin chose to play St. Thomas, beginning in free tempo with a semi-improvised segment recalling Guffrie and Halls Newport 58 version Train and the River. Later in the performance the ambience was further enhanced by Errol Garner/Keith Garret styled grunts from both musicians! Ian then gave a short talk on the months set tune: The Odd Couple. However chatter ensued and nobody seemed to be listening. It is proving difficult to move the members nights on to being something a little more purposeful that will enhance both the understanding and playing accomplishments of those with a genuine desire to improve and learn more. The committee has tried various things, from set works, to seminars, guest talks/workshops and quizzes. Most of these have been received with apparent apathy. The committee are concerned about the lack of inertia and about the future growth and way forward for HJGS. Perhaps they have got it wrong and members DO simply require a platform to play and little else. If this is so maybe it is time to change the committee or those of its members most disappointed by the lack of progress? YOUR FEEDBACK please!!! This is part of the problem. We never seem to get any!! Anyway, rant over and back to the last meeting. The second set was opened by the Jazz Dawgs, with Phil Kampen. The blues, Tenor Madness, effectively
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utilised alternate blues changes, every other chorus (Blues for Alice with the Coltrane I-VI-II-V turnaround) with some nice exchanges in the 4s. This was followed by Ellingtons Cottontail with Adrian playing the tricky head and demonstrating his love for, and absorption of, the bebop idiom. Ian demonstrating the effectiveness of a simple four to the bar on his beautiful, and recently acquired, Benedetto Benny. Adrian and Ian turnout every month, gigs permitting, but it is a real treat when they are joined by Pete Wraith, a master of the lost art of acoustic rhythm guitar! His ebullient personality also brings sunshine to the proceedings. Jez and Martin followed with Straasburg and Wave. Two great players were initially thwarted by serious intonation problems demonstrating just how unforgiving the instrument can be.

Nevertheless, some wonderful playing with fabulous side slips from Jez and some great Bensonish chops from Martin ensued and they had tamed the tuning for their fusionish reading of Jobims Wave. Relative newcomer Adam Hinchliffe and Darren brought the evening to a close with My Funny Valentine, Adam taking the head and first solo, followed by an earthy version of the Herbie Hancock classic Watermelon Man. Darren cut loose on the latter with a soulful groove right down to the toppy, choppy, James Brownish rhythm guitar accompaniments. A great upbeat finish to another successful HJGS meeting.

Members News HJGS member, Adrian Ingram, has convinced Brian Jackson (bassist and organiser of Monday nights at the Head of Steam) to host occasional JAZZ GUITAR NIGHTS. The first one is on Mon. 3rd June and features: CHRIS WALKER, PAUL HARTLEY and ADRIAN INGRAM.

Chris is a fabulous player from Sheffield and one of Adrians ex students at Leeds College of Music. He has done much for jazz guitar in his home town of Sheffield, especially hosting nights at the Lescar. He is also a fine teacher whore students include Jamie Taylor. Paul is a subtle and tasty player in the melodic Jim Hall style. He too has done much for jazz guitar in and around Manchester, particularly his Tuesday nights at the Bakers Vaults in Stockport. It is hoped that HJGS members will do their best to support this, hopefully the first of many guitar nights spotlighting great players deserving wider recognition. Call for Membership Participation
Remember the HJGS exists for the benefit(s) of its members, so we need to hear from YOU: good, bad, indifferent, news, views, gossip, ideas, viewpoints, gigs, sales wants, swaps etc, etc! Please keep us informed of any jazz guitar related gigs, events, sales or other item of interest, so that we can pass information on to other members. HJGS needs to develop its wider network as an important forum for jazz guitar related information and information exchange, so that we may all benefit from the collective wisdom and uncoordinated information that undoubtedly exists amongst fans and connoisseurs.

Swap an Idea
This column appears to be popular so we will keep it for the time being. But, and this is an important but we do NEED YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS for this to be successful. Contributions please to huddjazzguitsoc@gmail.com.

The HJGS Library of II-V-I Patterns We have two examples this month. The first from Darren.
As a jazz guitarist, or any other jazz musician for that matter it is important to have a good understanding of ways to negotiate a ii V I progression. The following solo is based around a ii V I progression in C, however it uses a G diminished half/whole scale over the G7 chord. The G diminished H/W scale consists of the notes G Ab Bb B Db D E F G and highlights the b9th (Ab) the #9th or b3rd (Bb) and the b5th (Db) giving the scale quite a nice bluesy quality. Over Dm7 and Cma7 the solo keeps very much to the C major scale.

And the second from Jamie. For this months Favourite II-V-Is I thought Id share a few spicy chord voicings that I learned from listening to two of my favorite guitar players, Jim Hall and Johnny Smith. The two examples show how these shapes function as altered dominant 7th voicings and are applied to adjacent string sets in II-V-I situations. Note that these shapes are symmetrical too, so you can shift them up in minor 3rds across the guitar neck. Listen to the opening chord lick on Johnny Smiths Stranger in Paradise' to hear these in action!

Membership
Some memberships are now falling due for renewal, remember membership lasts for a full 12 months from the paid up month and the following benefits are only available to current paid up members. The following deals have been negotiated for members on production of a membership card: Bulldog Pickups (Huddersfield) www.bulldogpickups.com 15% off all pickups and repairs/rewinds. www.electromusic.co.uk ElectroMusic (Doncaster) Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased. GTR (Huddersfield) www.gtrguitars.co.uk 10% discount on strings and accessories. The Music Room (Cleckheaton) www.the-music-room.com Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased. Matt Ryan 10% off guitar repairs/setups www.guitarrepairer.com

AmplifierCoversOnline.com www.amplifiercoversonline.com Customised Equipment Covers On Demand Frailers www.frailers.com Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased. www.fouldsmusic.co.uk Foulds Guitars - Derby Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.
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Vinyl Tap have been removed from the list as they have decided that they will no longer offer any discount on new cds and discount by negotiation on second-hand cds. As a consequence we feel we can no longer include them. We are actively pursuing other supplier/retailers and will let you know as soon as we confirm them. Remember also that we welcome your suggestions re the future direction of HJGS. Please get in touch.

Committee
Martin Chung Publicity, joint treasurer, website/facebook and development Darren Dutson-Bromley Ensembles, education, website/facebook and development Adrian Ingram Newsletter, education, international liaison and development Ian Wroe Host, joint treasurer, artiste relations, events and development

Gigs Monday night jazz at The Head of Steam May

6th 13th 15th 21st 27th Stu MacDonald / Freddie Garner Terry Kenyon / Adrian Ingram / Ian Rose, BLUES NIGHT Victor Brox / Adrian Ingram, BLUES NIGHT Jade Harris / Adrian Ingram / Ian Rose (Nb Tuesday night) Alan Barnes / Bruce Adams / Adrian Ingram

Adrian Ingrams Jazz Dawgs in France

May 3rd May 4th May 5th May 4th May 5th May 5th May 9th, Le Petit Bistro, Dinan Dinard, Private party Le Cheval Blanc, Plancot see www.breizhms.com

Nu Popes @ The Box Office (next to The Picturedrome), Holmfirth. As part of the Festival of Funk Extra Curricular @ Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle (great funk, blues and soul venue) Jade Harris & Jamie Holroyd West Riding Refreshment Rooms 16:00 Geoff Atherton Trio: Dave Vangelderen; gtr, Geoff; sax, Chris Strachen; dbl bass. The Works, Sowerby Bridge

May 12th May 14th May 17th May 18th May 19th May 25th May 26th May 31st

Adrian Ingrams Yorkshire All Stars, featuring Jon Taylor, Ian Rose, Ken Hickey and Jade Harris - The Sportsman, Huddersfield,17:00 Jamie Holroyd/Samuel French Duo - Tower Hotel, Lincoln Jazz Week 19:30 Extra Curricular @ The Duchess, York Lizzie Leonard Quartet feat. Jamie Holroyd - Seven Arts Jazz Club 13:00 Adrian Ingrams birthday bash, Jazz Dawgs plus guest musicians The Grove, Huddersfield 16:00 Extra Curricular @ The Musiquarium, Leeds LCM Jazz Guitar Special featuring Jamie Holroyd, Jack Gillen and Adam Taylor - Seven Arts Jazz Club 13:00 Extra Curricular @ The Compass, Chester

A message from Paul Hartley Tuesday Jazz at the Bakers Vaults, Stockport 2013
Paul Hartley Quartet featuring :
May 14th May 28th June 11th June 25th Howard Murray (saxes) & Laurie Cooper (trombone) Ken Marley Trio with special guest Mark Gilbanks (trumpet) Harold Salisbury (alto) George Galway (sax/flute) with Mike Burns (trumpet)

9 - 11pm FREE admission Bakers Vaults, Market Place, Stockport Tel 0161 477 7312

Other Jazz Guitar Clubs/Societies

(We are 1 of only 4 jazz guitar societies in England)

Here are a few links: http://cheadlejazzguitarclub.wordpress.com/ http://www.southjazzguitar.org ------- Note new website address http://www.treforowen.com/index.php?id=38 http://www.meetup.com/LondonJazzGuitarSociety/

Meetings
The first Tuesday of the month at The Head of Steam : Huddersfield Railway Station (see http://www.theheadofsteam.co.uk/huddersfield )

Remember the society needs YOUR views and input so, if you want to provide a short introduction/discourse for a tune yourself or make any suggestions for a tune, please speak to a committee member. We have already had some other interesting ideas put forward which we are looking into. YOUR ideas are both vital and welcome. It is YOUR society and the committee is there entirely on YOUR behalf. Please, please get involved if you can! 2013 meetings
May 7th June 4th July 2nd Aug 6th Sep 3rd Oct 1st Nov 5th Dec 3rd Players Night Hayden Minett talking about jazz amps. Have your questions ready.

Christmas Showcase

Workshop/seminars

Please note that in order to ensure an effective combination of complete workshop and some time for playing, these sessions will commence at 8:30

on the dot.
Of Interest, News and Reviews
Found anything on the web or heard of something which may interest our members, then this is the place for it.

The Colonel & The Governor.

Label: Republic of Music

Reviewed by Darren Dutson Bromley

Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor

The Colonel and the Governor is the new album of duets by guitarists Martin Taylor and Tommy Emmanuel. Both very highly accomplished guitarists in their respective fields, Martin the consummate jazz guitarist, Tommy a finger style acoustic player from the Chet Atkins school of guitar playing. So how would the contrasting styles work together, very well indeed if this album is anything to go by. This kind of album would only really work if the two players found common ground with which to base the project and they seemed to have found it in an obvious love of the duo playing of Carl Kress and Eddie Lang. The album consists of fourteen tracks and is a mixture of standards and a few Taylor originals. It begins, rather frenetically with a version of I Won't Last a Day Without You, a Carpenters classic that along with many other Paul Williams and Roger Nichols songs seems to slip into the jazz repertoire rather well. I must confess that this isn't one of my favorite tracks on the album, while the playing is fine, the intro and vamping interlude seems to be superfluous to the song, if not irrelevant. There is almost an element of 'trying too hard' on

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this particular track and the beauty of the piece is lost at times by trying to muscle in some fast licks and technique. The album finds it feet on the second track, Jersey Bounce. Some great playing here with both players really complimenting each other. I really like the vocal asides that can be heard within the track. Tommy Emmanuel really shines on this one. Other stand out tracks on the album are Bernie's Tune, Lullaby of Birdland and Heat Wave all of which impart a sense of joy. Secret Love is a Tommy Emmanuel solo that shows us what is possible using natural harmonics to play the melody. The album finishes with I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, the Billy Taylor piece which found its way in to the popular conscious courtesy of been used as the theme for Film... (You fill in the year) with Barry Norman. So overall a very good album and one that Id recommend to any lovers of guitar not just jazz guitar. The obvious respect for each others playing and the sense of fun is apparent throughout the whole album. What I love about the album the most though is it sounds like two mates who have got together to have a blast through some tunes and they are clearly having a ball doing so and we are privileged to share in the experience through this recording. The fact that its two of the most amazing guitar players around makes it even better.

www.mambo-amp.co.uk www.adrianingram.com www.jazzdawgs.co.uk http://jazzguitarscene.wordpress.com/ http://www.joefinn.net/html/jazz_guitar_almanac.html http://jamieholroydguitar.com http://www.darrendutsonbromley.com Check out Darrens pod casts

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Sales
Please let me know as soon as items are sold to remove them from the list. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------60s Gibson Johnny Smith pickup (neck mounted).. 55 Set Bulldog Stratocaster Pickups, Haydens finest, lovely sound....120 1980s Stratocaster 12 string 550

SOLD

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Godin Multiac Steel, Acoustic with Synth access.600 SOLD

Eastman AC320CE, Sitka spruce top, Sapelle back/sides Fishman Matrix VT pickup system.450

SOLD

All prices are negotiable and interesting trades are welcome Contact Ian Wroe ( ianmwroe@virginmedia.com ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------De` Armond `RED` Jazz Guitar pickup . Early 60`s but very little used . Perfect working order . 190 SOLD Tel Brian Lewis on 07776 184111 , 01565 653003 or bjguitar@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Telecaster Pickups: 1. Boxed pair of Fender Custom Shop Texas Specials. Full fat sound with good balance and punch, as new... 70 2. Fender Custom Shop Twisted-Tele neck pickup. Not commercially available, except on custom shop Teles, therefore hard to come by, nice full sound35 3. Bulldog Alnico III neck. Best sounding Tele pickup for jazz, end of story. Similar spec to custom shop nocaster pickup but bespoke, hand wound as opposed to mass produced. New, bargain at35 4. Lollar neck pickup, signed as new. Lollars are current flavour of the month35
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5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

(or you could order one wait 3 months and pay 100!!) Lindy Frailin high output neck pickup, new 35 Mojo Boutique bridge pickup, new 30 Pair of Bare-Knuckle Mules (PAFs), everyones current favourite Humbucker..100 Aged Bulldog PAFS Boxed/new....100 New Gibson P90 (soapbar) with black cover30

Celestion 30 10 8 ohm speaker. new.. 20 Fender 30 10 8 ohm speaker. new.. 20 Dunlop Jazz picks 205 and 206 series. Hard to find and expensive in UK. Bargain. Job lot packs of 36. 5 per pack!!! (nb 20p not included in sale)

George Van Eps string damper, Original early 50s model actuall machined by Van Eps. Used by Eps, Jim Hall, Herb Ellis. Stops all open string feedback on archtops. Mega rare, offers, trades.

Contact Adrian Ingram; 01484 314529

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Rivera R55 1x12 valve amp excellent condition : 600 ono Roland GR33 guitar synth + pickup : 200 ono Session Rockette 30 fantastic little jazz amp : 90 ono JMP 50 1980 Marshall head : 600

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Eventide Time-Factor delay/sampler/loop pedal : 220 Tone Pros locking nickel stoptail (335/ Les Paul etc) : 20 Boss digital dimension (1980s) pedal as new (Mike Stern/Sco/Metheny etc) : 80 Contact Hayden Minett on 07967 831193 or hjm@bulldogpickups.com
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65/66 ES-335
I've hung it up on ebay for 5.5k which is very close to what I paid a few years back. i live in Mirfield approx 15 mins from Huddersfield if you or anyone else wants to come try it out. Its a 65/66 ES 355 and is in great shape. Many thanks Gary Webb garyjwebb@btinternet.com

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The Comins Jazz amp has a power attenuator...all valve 1x12...nice & light combo & built by the great amp builder George Allesandro....1,000

The Ameson 50watt is all tube & a small head 750

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The Ameson 120w is a very small transistor amp...very high quality....650

'Triggs Jazzbox the top is laminate....2,500

Schaefer 15''Jazzer3,500

For more info contact Paul Wright on: ptw01@btinternet.com or mob 07527 389637 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Trades Wants 1. 2. small amp : Polytone (any model considered); Musicman RD50 (1x10 or 1x12); Peterson (Wood cab 10 speaker) AER etc Seymour Duncan alnico Pro II neck telecaster neck pickup

If you have of know the whereabouts of any of the above please contact Adrian Ingram adrian@jazzdawgs.co.uk
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Gypsy jazzer (Doubling Double Bass & Rhythm Guitar) seeking fellow Gypsy jazzer's for blow.

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Tel. Mike on: 01663 743610. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Charts Huddersfield Jazz Guitar Society
Contact huddjazzguitsoc@gmail.com If you don't want to continue receiving newsletters and notices then send an email with the subject 'REMOVE' to huddjazzguitsoc@gmail.com Cheers Ian

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