Huddersfield Jazz Guitar Society

Newsletter No. 22 June 2013

Hi Jazz Guitar Fans, Unfortunately, due playing duties Adrian, Darren and myself were absent from the meeting. Martin did a great job looking after the meeting and reported a great night. Here is his summary of the evening. Robin and Charles kicked off the evening with Satin Doll. Robin's tasteful chord-melody work accompanied by Charles' fretless bass playing brought a new character to this HJGS favourite. Their second track Autumn Leaves showcased Robin's single line playing before the duo finally concluded their slot with a grooving A blues. Next up Chris and Dave began with Like Someone In Love featuring a relaxed chord-melody introduction from Dave. The pair provided an interesting spin on Nature Boy, incorporating a tango groove. The pair traded solos; Dave's dark modal playing contrasting with Chris' bop and blues inflected phrases. The duo concluded up with a relaxed bossa version of Stella by Starlight. Taking a detour from the usual repertoire regular attendee Steve Maguire made his performing debut at the club accompanied by Martin and Charles with a rendition Willie Dixon's popular blues, Hoochie Coochie Man. The trio then brought things back to more familiar meeting territory with a swinging uptempo jazz-blues. Society member Pete Davies also debuted his tasteful solo arrangement of My Funny Valentine. Despite the player's concern with his performance the piece was well received and the society look forward to hearing more from Pete. Martin and Charles then brought the first set to a close, playing to their strengths with a funky version of Sunny. After the interval and raffle break Robin provided an edifying demonstration on the benefits of live-looping for jazz guitarists through a selection of improvisations. Dave, Charles and Martin then formed a spontaneous ensemble for a version of Jobim bossa How Insensitive.
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May's meeting was brought to a mellow close with regular sparring partners Chris and Dave duetting over the changes of You've Changed.

Members News Although this next item was mentioned last issue I thought it worth repeating!
Mon 3rd June - **GUITAR NIGHT at the Head of Steam Brian Jackson the fixer for Monday night gigs (07762 733863) has agreed to put on a regular jazz guitar night featuring two or more players. However the future of this depends on its success, so PLEASE SUPPORT this night; this could provide a potential "regular" gig for HJGS members. The first one (June 3rd) features two of the North's finest jazzers: Chris Walker and Paul Hartley with Adrian, who you all know. So far the Monday nights have provided gigs for Al Morrison, Adrian Ingram, Gary Boyle, Chris Flaherty and Ian Wroe. There are so few places left to play, if we don't use it, we will certainly lose it!!!

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.
Heres another contribution from Darren. Variations on a I vi ii V Progression A particularly effective chord substitution is replacing chord I in a progression with chord chord iii, the chord built on the mediant. This is known as a mediant substitution and is effective in breaking the predictability of chord I by adding a more unexpected chord change.

In the key of C major, chord iii, the chord built on the 3rd note of a C major scale is Em or Em7. Chord iii is always a minor chord. This can be used as a substitute chord for chord I, Cma7. The progression could be played as:

Em7 has similar qualities to Cma7, mainly due to the fact they share many of the same notes. Cma7 contains the notes C E G B Em7 contains the notes E G B D The notes E G and B are common to both chords.

Looking at a I vi ii V progression in the key of Eb we would have:

We can employ a mediant chord substitution to chord I, the Ebma7. Here is an Eb major scale:

The third note of an Eb major scale is G, which when harmonised gives the chord Gm7. The progression using this substitution would look like this:

Applying the mediant Chord Substitutions. Taking the last part of the standard Misty as an example. Here it is as a chord/melody arrangement.

This is then followed by the turnaround of Ebma7 Cm7 Fm7 and Bb7 or in this case Bb13.

Using a mediant substitution it is possible to substitute Gm7 in place of Ebma7. (G is the 3rd of the Ebma7 chord) Wed now have the following sequence.

Try following the Misty excerpt with the more conventional Ebma7 Cm7 Fm7 Bb13 progression and then try it with the substituted version. As many songs use this chord sequence it is a particularly effective way of creating variations and maintaining harmonic interest.

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. www.the-music-room.com The Music Room (Cleckheaton) 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 www.frailers.com Frailers Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.

www.fouldsmusic.co.uk Foulds Guitars - Derby Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased. 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 June

3rd 10th 17th 24th Chris Walker, Paul Hartley, Adrian Ingram. GUITAR NIGHT Carol Brown / Ian Wroe / Steve Childs / Ian Rose T.B.A. Jade Harris / Adrian Ingram / Ian Rose

Jazz Dawgs on The Cut St Marco, Wheelock Wed 5th th Thurs 6 Bluebell, Kidsgrove th Fri 7 Old Kings Head, Sutton Bank (Nr Macclesfield) th Sun 9 Station Bar, Stalybridge June 16th June 30th June 30th July 1st The Swing of Things, Cross Flatts Park, Beeston: 14.00hrs The Swing of Things, Temple Newsome: 14.00hrs Adrian Ingrams Jazz Dawgs, The Blacksmiths Arm, Lastingham: 7:30 Adrian Ingrams Jazz Dawgs, The Blacksmiths Arm, Lastingham: Private Party
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A message from Paul Hartley Tuesday Jazz at the Bakers Vaults, Stockport 2013
Paul Hartley Quartet featuring :
June 11th June 25th 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 Players Night Hayden Minett talking about jazz amps. Have your questions ready.

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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.
Jamie Holroyd writes: As you know I have been quite busy finishing off my degree so I haven't had as much time as usual, but I recently got to interview Dave Biller for Guitar International which some members might find of interest.

Dave Biller: More Than Just a Pedal Steel Player

Thankfully, the Internet and YouTube have made discovering new musicians all over the world easier than ever. Several fantastic guitar players in countries Ive never been to have made their way onto my computer screen. One of these is the Texas-based Dave Biller. Biller has toured and recorded with Wayne Hancock, Dale Watson, and Deke Dickerson and is mostly known as a professional pedal steel player, but his record, Hot Guitars of Biller & Wakefield, captured the ears of guitar and music lovers everywhere. Like many guitarists of his age, Billers first heros were classic rock guitarists such as Jimmy Page, Clapton, and Hendrix, but jazz became his religion after discovering a Best of Coltrane cassette in a clearance bin in an old record store. Biller has a unique guitar style that takes influence from jazz heavyweights such as Barney Kessel and Howard Roberts, country pickers such as Roy Nichols and James Burton and the three Blues Kings; Freddie, Albert, and BB, but he says the guitarist which made the biggest impact on his playing was Django Reinhardt.

In 1998 I saw the film footage of him for the first time and it changed my life in music forever. It was a pivotal moment and for the next 5 years I was hopelessly lost in the world of gypsy jazz. Although Biller was once an exclusive Tele picker, he now plays anything from Strats, Les Pauls, 175 Cs, and was recently seen performing at the Crossroads festival with a Collings 335 where he got to play with one of his musical heroes, Jimmie Vaughan. Well, my big moment at Eric Claptons Crossroads Festival was pretty memorable for obvious reasons. But also because there was a bit of a musical meltdown onstage, whereupon the beat got turned around, making the whole tune sound like some kind of psychedelic free jazz excursion! Oh well, maybe I wasnt meant to be a stadium rock star. It was an incredible experience, nonetheless. A popular YouTube video shows Biller with a Tele equipped with a Charlie Christian pickup which he comments I had a Lollar CC in one of my Teles and really liked it, plus it looked really cool, but the best sounding neck pickup I ever had in a telecaster was a Gibson mini humbucker. Phenomenal! I moved the same pickup to another Tele later and it sounded like crap! Oh well! http://guitarinternational.com/2013/05/18/more-than-just-a-pedal-steel-player-dave-billers-guitarsand-influences/ The only telecaster Biller owns at the minute is a thinline fitted with Jazzmaster pickups, quite far from your standard blackguard model. Out all the guitars he has owned over the years, he says that some of his favourites he wish he still had are a fiesta red 66 Tele, (the best sounding Tele I owned), his first Strat (74), and a 71 Black Beauty Custom which he loved despite it being an immensely heavy guitar. A couple of years ago Biller developed focal dystonia in his right hand which can still make his musical endeavours challenging, but inspired by Djangos more serious injury, he spends much of his practice time dealing with the set back but was a very serious student of the guitar in his younger days. Well, I hate to admit this, but I really dont practice the guitar anymore. When I did, I was very organized and militant about it. I went through the typical 10 hour day phase when I was younger and really tried to schedule my routine. Nowadays if I do sit down with a guitar, I mainly just noodle! Billers practice routine would start with scale and arpeggio warm-ups then move on to chord studies, sight reading, repertoire, and transcription. I started out learning complete solos and meticulously writing them out. Sometimes I found myself labouring over the physical transcription itself and spent too much time on the paper instead of learning to play it! I did some transcriptions with no instrument in my hand but then would have a real hard time learning them, so I started doing shorter phrases. If I heard a passage that I really liked I would write it in a book I had compiled. I analyzed each one to get the essence of why it sounded good to me and use the info to try and develop my own ideas. When I was learning Djangos stuff I memorized everything and never wrote down a single note and never have since.

The focused approach to practice was reflected in his advice to young guitar players in which he says As clich as it sounds, practice and learn everything you can about music. There seems to be this sort of anti-theory mentality, as if knowledge is bad and will make your playing sound clinical or sterile. Horse feathers! I say! Its all about taste and how you apply your knowledge. This positive approach to practicing and playing the guitar is still apparent. When asked what his goals are for the future he replied My only goals are to continue improving my craft. Jamie Holroyd There's also some new videos of my LCM recital quintet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tynhfte1mUQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECsLKnw_qyk

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 All prices are negotiable and interesting trades are welcome Contact Ian Wroe ( ianmwroe@virginmedia.com ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Telecaster Pickups: 1. Boxed pair of Fender Custom Shop Texas Specials. Full fat sound with good balance and punch, as new... 70

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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 (or you could order one wait 3 months and pay 100!!) 5. Lindy Frailin high output neck pickup, new 35 6. Mojo Boutique bridge pickup, new 30 7. Pair of Bare-Knuckle Mules (PAFs), everyones current favourite Humbucker..100 8. Aged Bulldog PAFS Boxed/new....100 9. 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.

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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 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Antoria telecaster, 1970's, dark surburst green, all original, comes with soft case. good condition. 150.00 vintage strat copy, dark wood stain, 50.00 Double Bass, Antoni, professionally setup by Crinson and Gohlman, comes with soft case and stand. good condition. 380.00 Contact Andrew Ladzins
The Amp Shack The Professional Tone Breakdown Service

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For all amp (valve and solid state) and effect pedal repairs.

Ph: +44 (0) 7716 460 163 Email: theampshack@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Heres a message from Dan at Foulds Guitars I'm running short of jazz guitars again! I've still got a bigger stock than most but decent jazzers between 300 and 1500 I'm selling everything I get so if you have any members that would like to move any unwanted guitars on we may be able to help. Of course I am happy to offer a deal on goods for members, they just need to mention when enquiring.
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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. Tel. Mike on: 01663 743610. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Charts Huddersfield Jazz Guitar Society

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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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