1 Huddersfield Jazz Guitar Society Newsletter No. 19 March 2013 Hi Jazz Guitar Fans, Our last meeting was blighted by snow and ice and it was touch and go whether to call it off. Following several frantic phone calls and emails, between committee members, it was decided to risk it and what a good job we did! It was a great night and a surprising number of people braved the conditions, including several new members. The new faces included a group of females, always a pleasure to welcome, and a new member, Adam Hinchliffe who, despite it being his first visit, borrowed a guitar (thanks to Colin) to join Darren and Chris on I’ve Got Rhythm of which more later. The seasonal weather did have some affect however and one or two of our regulars were unable to attend. For example, Dave and Chris’ regular duo spot was sorely missed. The evening got off to a good start when Colin Lodge played a solo version of The Man I Love. When he began there was the loud “rhubarb, rhubarb” of members catching up but Colin soon won over the crowd to enthusiastic applause. Colin then played Nuage and Lullaby of Birdland the latter obviously a work in progress which led to a couple of memory slips. On the whole, however, Colin’s was a good performance, in which he struck a good balance between time and rubato, always a tough call for the solo guitarist. Colin’s set was followed by Robin Thomas, with the ever trusty support of Charles on electric bass. They began with Moonglow, in an unusually brisk tempo. Confidently played with Robin’s usual Barney Kesselish chord stabs. Nice to hear a
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Huddersfield Jazz Guitar Society
Newsletter No. 19 March 2013
Hi Jazz Guitar Fans,
Our last meeting was blighted by snow and ice and it was touch and go whether to call it off. Following several frantic phone calls and emails, between committee members, it was decided to risk it and what a good job we did!
It was a great night and a surprising number of people braved the conditions, including several new members. The new faces included a group of females, always a pleasure to welcome, and a new member, Adam Hinchliffe who, despite it being his first visit, borrowed a guitar (thanks to Colin) to join Darren and Chris on I’ve Got Rhythm of which more later.
The seasonal weather did have some affect however and one or two of our regulars were unable to attend. For example, Dave and Chris’ regular duo spot was sorely missed.
The evening got off to a good start when Colin Lodge played a solo version of The Man I Love. When he began there was the loud “rhubarb, rhubarb” of members catching up but Colin soon won over the crowd to enthusiastic applause. Colin then played Nuage and Lullaby of Birdland the latter obviously a work in progress which led to a couple of memory slips. On the whole, however, Colin’s was a good performance, in which he struck a good balance between time and rubato, always a tough call for the solo guitarist.
Colin’s set was followed by Robin Thomas, with the ever trusty support of Charles on electric bass. They began with Moonglow, in an unusually brisk tempo. Confidently played with Robin’s usual Barney Kesselish chord stabs. Nice to hear a
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bass solo from Charles; the first of many during the course of the evening! The contrasting easy tempo of the following Making Whoopee worked well, again with some nice Kesselish chord moves. They concluded their set with an up-tempo reading of Sweet Georgia Brown.
They were followed by the Jazz Dawgs. Now a well-established band in the North of England, the Dawgs played with their usual panache and attention to detail. Pete’s singing of Sweet Sue made a big impression on one of the young women in the audience, who duly requested another song after remarking that Pete had “a beautiful voice”. Ian and Adrian’s harmonized guitar parts have always been a standout feature of the Dawgs and we weren’t disappointed.
Next up were Darren and Chris with newcomer Adam (with a guitar borrowed from Colin) with a short, but welcoming version of I’ve Got Rhythm. Adam’s bluesy style with bent notes and minor pentatonics, revealed his roots so it is good to see him stretching out to explore more jazzier fare!
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The contrast of styles, and string gauges, of the next duo Darren and Martin Chung, always presents an interesting mix. The adopted a latin theme, with Black Orpheus and Watch What Happens and were, again, more than ably supported by Charles on bass. Nice playing all round with a particularly fine ending on Orpheus. By happy accident Darren played major and Martin, minor resulting in a resoundingly glorious #9 chord!! Come back Gil Evans all is forgiven.
Colin Lodge and Robin Thomas returned to the stage once more for Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Colin) and Caravan (Robin) before the night was brought to an artistic conclusion by the Jazz Dawgs, augmented by Darren and, once again, the redoubtable Charles on bass.
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Member’s News
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 [email protected].
Darren Dutson Bromley
Each of the notes of a chord has a specific role. The function of the root is to name the chord, the 3rd describes tonality, whether the chord is major or minor. The 5th adds padding, unless it is altered in which case depending on how it is altered it can have a number of different roles and the 7th describes function, whether the chord needs to resolve onto another chord or not.
Using a Bb7 chord as an example.
The 5th can be omitted as it doesn't offer much to the chord other than fattening out the sound. I know this trivialises the 5th, the sound the 5th can offer to the texture of a chord can be wonderful but its role to the function of the chord is minimal.
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The root can, surprisingly, also be omitted. Its role is really just to name the chord.
The 3rd is very important as is the 7th, these two notes can't be omitted.
It is quite possible to play a progression using chords that contain only 3rds and 5ths and it sound quite recognisable, this is because all the essential information as regards tonality and function are contained within in these two notes.
Here is a blues in Bb.
The progression sounds surprisingly coherent considering how little is actually being played. A popular instrument combination is guitar, bass and drums or even just guitar and bass. The guitar needs to be able to highlight the harmony when soloing, otherwise it can
sometimes sound unclear harmonically. One way to do this is to smuggle in these two essential tones into a solo to highlight the harmonic movement of the progression without detracting away from the solo.
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The HJGS Library of II-V-I Patterns We intend to compile a library of II-V-I patterns, both chord shapes (favourite moves and single-line phrases. Initially for the use of members this could, at a later date, be expanded into a useful publication. II-V-Is are such an integral part of the jazz language that we, as jazz guitarists, cannot accommodate the genre without them. Besides the “standard” chord shapes that we all play, there are dozens of different voicings and moves to be explored. Email HJGS with YOUR patterns old or new, basic or complex and we will print them, with full acknowledgement, in the monthly newsletter for everyone to share. This is a HJGS project in which everyone can participate and, more importantly from which everyone can benefit. Here are 2 moves from Ian to start us off.
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More next month
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.
ElectroMusic (Doncaster) www.electromusic.co.uk 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.
Vinyl Tap (Huddersfield) www.vinyltap.co.uk Records, CDs and DVDs
Matt Ryan www.guitarrepairer.com 10% off guitar repairs/setups
AmplifierCoversOnline.com www.amplifiercoversonline.com Customised Equipment Covers On Demand
Frailers www.frailers.com
Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased. Foulds Guitars - Derby www.fouldsmusic.co.uk Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.
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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 H.J.G.S. 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 March 11th Guitar Night, Adrian Ingram / Al Morrison 18th Ian Wroe / Adrian Ingram With Carol Brown 25th Jade Harris / Adrian Ingram / Ian Rose Mar 24th The Grove, Huddersfield Adrian Ingram’s Jazz Dawgs with Phil Kampen (bass) 15:30 Mar 31st The Railway, Greenfield, Naps Mop feat Adrian Ingram and Ian Wroe. 16:00 A message from Paul Hartley Tuesday Jazz at the Bakers Vaults Stockport 2013
Paul Hartley Quartet featuring :
March 12th Jim Collins (alto sax) March 26th Carole Williams (trombone) & Helen Pillinger (tenor sax) April 9th Andzrej Baranek (piano)
(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
March 5th April 2nd May 7th June 4th July 2nd August 6th September 3rd October 1st November 5th December 3rd
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