hjgs newsletter 24 aug13

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Huddersfield Jazz Guitar Society

Newsletter No. 24 August 2013

Hi Jazz Guitar Fans,

True to form. Last months players night got off the ground with the usual Tom

Prior solo spot. Appropriately, he chose to honour the late great Johnny Smith, with aquirky rendition of his most famous tune: Walk Dont Run. He began by playing thetune out of tempo, in a rhapsodic, baroque-like, fashion complete with the stylistictierce de Picardie (changing from minor to major by raising the 3rd) for the conclusionof each A section. To continue the quasi-classical treatment Tom, effectively, seguewayd into Pagannis 24th caprice bringing the performance to an end with anothertierce de Picardie! Given Smiths predilection for classical music and especially Bach;the master of the baroque, Toms dedication was a sincere and well thought outgesture.

Martin Chung joined him for a reading of Nuages. Tom went first, with lots of

slides and fast chromatic glissandos followed by a contrasting Martin, who played withhis usual technical flare but little that one would readily associate with Django!

Darren Dutson-Bromley had devised aguitar quiz whereby a short sample of Satin Dollwas played and HJGS members were requiredto identify the player. These examples wereplayed, one at a time, during player changeoverand the first of these followed Tom and Martinsset.

The next player was Adam Hinchlliffesporting a recently acquired, and very beautiful,Epiphone Sheraton. Adams jazz work iscoming on in leaps and bounds. His solorendition of Errol Garners Misty featured apleasing combination of chording and single-line work, all played in an equally relaxed rubato style.

Following quiz question #2, Dave

Vangelderen and Chris Brown gave us twotunes, starting with Heres That Rainy Day,taken as a bossa, but with an usually uppishtempo. Nice arrangements and tasteful linesfrom both players. We have heard theirsecond tune, Jeannine, many times before.On this occasion it was taken a little slower,which allowed the tunes modal feel to bemore prevalent. This tune, coming from theWes/Cannonball/Miles, 58-64, modal

inflected period fits the guitar brilliantly and iscertainly a strong feature for their duo.


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Interestingly, Daves guitar was suffering from a problem shared by Ians guitar(played by Jamie later on), that of string imbalance. Its an irritating problem, I (Ian)have spent hours balancing a guitars pickup using one amp only to find it completelydifferent with another amp. Its unsettling for the player and grating on the listenersears.

Following another quiz example, Robin Thomas and Charles Adamczuk gaveus another two tunes dedicated to Johnny Smith. Out of Nowhere was apparently

Smiths version but curiously lackedany of the long stretch, close-voicedpiano chords he was famous for.Methinks this was more of a RobinThomas version than a JS one!Nevertheless, it was well played and anice tribute. Their second tune: ThereWill Never Be Another You, didntsettle down rhythmically, owing to itsfast clip which was interpreted

differently by each player.Consequently, this was a rather lumpyperformance, which was a shame asboth players made a good contribution, nice lines and, as ever, some tastyKesselish block-chording from Robin.

The next quiz question was followed by Dave Vangelderens conciseexamination of the harmonic skeleton to All The Things There Are. This was clearand illuminating, detailing the many modulations (the tune is known in the business asAll the Chords There Are!) and resulting tonal centres. Daves manner, clarity of

speech and diction, no doubt the result of years of teaching, projected andcommunicated very well and he may well have recruited several new students on thestrength of this presentation! Well done Dave, Whats your next tune going to be?

Following yet another quiz question, by now they were resulting in much funand merriment, the Idle Guits, led byDarren Dutson-Bromley, gave renditionsof Greensleeves and Dont Get AroundMuch Anymore. Everyone was reading:a rare sight and heartening to witness,

and the tunes were very well played, withthe five guitars making a fantastic sound!So come on guys get working on some ofthose Tony Rizzi arrangements of CharlieChristian for five guitars, in time for theChristmas Showcase!!!


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Its good to see Jamie Holroyd attending more regularly these days. He is an

exceptional young player who hasrecently completed the course atLeeds College of Music and who hascome on in leaps and bounds.Following another quiz question, Jamiewas joined by Adrian Ingram to playTerry Smiths Early Morning Groove,

from Terrys brilliant 1968 Fall Outalbum. This was followed,appropriately on this occasion, by AllThe Things There Are. Both tunessounded fantastic with delightfulinterplay. In fact several members ofthe audience were convinced that these tunes had been rehearsed.

The final quiz question was followed by Jez Platt and Martin Chung; their usualhelping of soulful, funk jazz, being verymuch to the fore on Feel Like MakingLove. This was followed by KennyBurrells perennial Chitlins Con Carne,from the classic Midnight Blue album.Flowing virtuoso lines with a feel-good,funk vibe very much in contrast to rest ofthe nights more straight-ahead fare.

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Members News

Call for Membership Participation

We have had two successful, I believe, examinations/investigations ofmembers favourite tunes. If you feel you could do a similar job please let me know.Send an email to [email protected] or chat to any of the committee at thenext meeting.

Remember the HJGS exists for the benefit(s) of its members, so we need tohear 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 needsto develop its wider network as an important forum for jazz guitar related information


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and information exchange, so that we may all benefit from the collective wisdom anduncoordinated information that undoubtedly exists amongst fans and connoisseurs.

Solo Guitar feature night

Tuesday 3rd September meeting

The evening will be given over entirely to solo guitar. Players may

present one or two unaccompanied tunes. These can be rubato, a la Joe Pass,or in tempo, a la Lenny Breau or Martin Taylor or any style which befits theplayer and the tune. Only one criterion, it must be a solo work. No looping orbacking tracks.

HJGS Jazz Guitar Car Boot/Garage Sale/Swap Meet

Tuesday 5th November 8:00 9:30 Head Of Steam

The first portion of the November Players night will be given over to a

sales/swap event, both for members and interested general public. Anything guitar orjazz related is eligible. To quote Charlie Parker Nows The Time to dig out any: -

1. Rarely used CDs and LPs/vids etc,2. Surplus to requirements music/books/magazines,3. Guitars, spares (tuners, bridges, pickups, pickguards, tailpieces etc).4. Amps, speakers, valves, covers, cases etc.5. Anything else guitar or jazz related.

Start putting stuff in a box a.s.a.p. ready for the November meeting. A great way of

moving on those music books you have finished, for others to benefit from.Conversely, there will be things that you might find interesting and useful. Lets worktogether in the spirit of a society! Please make an effort, as this is something fromwhich we all stand to gain.

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 besuccessful. Contributions please to [email protected].

Here are a couple from Darren.

1. This is a common chord sequence which uses close chord inversions and voice leading. Itmay be a little stretchy at first but persevere as the results are worth it.


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2. ii-V-I lick in C major.

The opening bar of the lick is a Dm7 arpeggio with the addition of two chromatic notes.These are chromatic approach tones and are where you can approach a chord tone with anote a semitone below or above. C# leads on to the note D, a chord tone. A# leads onto theB in the next bar, again a chord tone from a G7 chord. The Eb in the second bar implies ab13, the scale here is a G phrygian dominant. The last three notes of bar two are an exampleof a thing called enclosure, the target note is B and it is approached from a note above, C

then a note below Bb before landing on the B. The last bar is an Em triad.

Membership

Some memberships are now falling due for renewal, remember membershiplasts for a full 12 months from the paid up month and the following benefits areonly available to current paid up members.

The following deals have been negotiated for members on production of a currentmembership card: -

Bulldog Pickups (Huddersfield) www.bulldogpickups.com15% off all pickups and repairs/rewinds.

ElectroMusic (Doncaster) www.electromusic.co.ukVariable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.

GTR (Huddersfield) www.gtrguitars.co.uk10% discount on strings and accessories.

The Music Room (Cleckheaton) www.the-music-room.com

Variable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.

Matt Ryan www.guitarrepairer.com10% off guitar repairs/setups

AmplifierCoversOnline.com www.amplifiercoversonline.comCustomised Equipment Covers On Demand

Frailers www.frailers.comVariable discount depending on the item(s) purchased.


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

The Amp Shack Contact Andrew LazdinsValve/Solid-State amp and Effect pedal repairs. Discount available.

Phone: +44 (0) 7716 460 163

Email: [email protected]

Vinyl Taphave been removed from the list as they have decided that they will nolonger offer any discount on new cds and discount by negotiation on second-handcds. 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 weconfirm them. Remember also that we welcome your suggestions re the futuredirection of HJGS. Please get in touch.

Committee

Martin ChungPublicity, joint treasurer, website/facebook and development

Darren Dutson-BromleyEnsembles, education, website/facebook and development

Adrian IngramNewsletter, education, international liaison and development

Ian WroeHost, joint treasurer, artiste relations, events and development

Gigs

Monday night jazz at The Head of SteamAugust5th Al Morrison / Adrian Ingram / Ian Rose12th Terry Kenyon / Adrian Ingram / Ian Rose

19th

Ken Hickey / Adrian Ingram / Ian Rose26th Jade Harris / Adrian Ingram / Ian Rose

Aug 11th Adrian Ingram / Jade Harris with James Robinson, Thornhill Sports Centre

2pm 6pm.

Aug 16th Adrian Ingram / Darren Dutson-Bromley, Strays, Newark

Aug 18th Adrian Ingram / Ian Wroe, Oxfam Bookshop, Holmfirth 2-3pm

Aug 24th Adrian Ingrams Jazz Dawgs. Electric Picture House. Congleton Jazz

Festival. 9pm

Aug 25th Carol Brown / Ian Wroe / Paul Chamberlain, Bar 10, Lindley 4 -7pm


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Sept 8th Adrian Ingrams Jazz Dawgs. The Blacksmiths Arms. Lastingham. Summer

festival

A message from Paul HartleyTuesday Jazz at the Bakers Vaults, Stockport 2013

August 13th Paul Hartley Quartet featuring Adrian Ingram (guitar)August 27th Dean Masser Quartet

Sept 10th Paul Hartley Quartet featuring Andzrej Baranek (piano)Sept 24th Paul Hartley Quartet featuring Phil Nicholas (trumpet)

9 - 11pm FREE admissionBakers Vaults, Market Place, StockportTel 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 RailwayStation (see http://www.theheadofsteam.co.uk/huddersfield )

Remember the society needs YOUR views and input so, if you want toprovide a short introduction/discourse for a tune yourself or make anysuggestions for a tune, please speak to a committee member. We havealready 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 committeeis there entirely on YOUR behalf. Please, please get involved if you can!

2013 meetings

Aug 6th - Players nightSep 3rd - Solo guitar piece night (See Members News)Oct 1st - Concert (tba)Nov 5th - Guitar swap meet (See Members News)

Dec 3rd

- Christmas Showcase


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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 8:30on the dot.

Of Interest, News and Reviews

Found anything on the web or heard of something which may interest our members, thenthis is the place for it.

George Barnes - Keepin Out of Mischief.Cumquat Records CQCD-2750.

I review this as an unashamed George Barnes fan.

Barnes has fallen off the jazz guitar radar and never

seemed to achieve the prominence of his

contemporaries such as Les Paul. He was however aconsummate musician as these tracks show. Of the

27 tracks on this cd, tracks 13 27 were recordedaround 1947 with the George Barnes Octet whilst he

was a staff musician in Chicagos radio studios, and

previously formed the greater part of cd 2 ofThe

George Barnes Octet The Complete Standard Transcriptions (Soundies SCD

4122). Tracks 1 - 12 were recorded in 1952 after his move to New York and first

appeared on the Grand Award album, Guitar In Velvet (GA 33-358), but this is, I

believe, the first time they have appeared on cd.

All of the tunes, arranged by Barnes, are lovely vignettes very characteristic of

their time (listen to the Joe Mooney Quartet and Nat King Cole Trio). Great tight

arrangements, unusual and inventive instrument voicings and sparkling guitar are all

there to delight and surprise. Whilst the tunes do not showcase his improvisational skill

as much as his later work with for example, Ruby Braff, they do still display his total

mastery of the instrument, and musical form, which made him the most sought after

studio musician of his time.

These recordings are a must have for the modern guitarist; not only are they greatto listen to, but they offer valuable lessons in economy, humour and sheer musicality.

All skills which have no time limit.

Ian Wroe~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jazz Guitar From Across The PenninesMonday June 3rd Head of Steam


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On a warm summer evening, a cool and refreshing breeze was provided by three of the

Pennines favourite jazz guitarists, Adrian Ingram, Chris Walker, and Paul Hartley.

Adrian started the gig on home turf doing what he does best, bebop and blues. Alone

Together had a nice crunchy Kessel-esc pedal vamp before the solos. Cotton Tail

followed and a groove based Cant Buy Me Love closed the first trio set, featuring

some tasty carefully interweaved Beatles themes within the guitar solo.

Paul followed with two wonderful renditions of the lesser known standards, Old Folks

and Shiny Stockings coaxing some lovely warm sounds from his early 50s P-90

equipped 175 plugged into a Peterson P100.

A quartet was formed when Chris came to the stage with his late 50s ES-125 to playthe Latin tinged The Night Has a Thousand Eyes. Chris then took over with a trio

arrangement ofWhen Sunny Gets Blue showcasing his impressive chordal chops.

When a group of guitarists get together, its only a matter of time before they play ablues, and Tenor Madness ended the first set. This provided the guitar geeks (all 3

HJGS members who actually turned up) with a good opportunity to compare the sound

of Chris and Pauls Gibson archtops with Adrians ES-335.

Chris and Paul kicked off the second set playing a few duets together; The Days of

Wine Roses (with the unusual Toots Thielemans/Bill Evans key change to Ab) and the

Jobim bossa Triste.

Adrian joined the other guitarists for My Romance and Bernies Tune. The rhythm

section was invited back up for a final blow over I Remember April and in true guitar

concert fashion, all three jazz guitarists ended up soloing at the same time by the final

chorus of trading.

A great close to a fantastic night of jazz guitar, but I suspect these jazz guitar nights will

only be able to continue if the support from HJGS improves.


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Jamie Holroyd~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

San Sebastian

Ron Carter - BassRussell Malone GuitarMulgrew Miller Piano

The German record label In and Out captured the

performance by the Golden Striker Trio in San Sebastian

on the last evening of their 2012 European tour. The trio

consists of bassist Ron Carter, guitarist Russell Malone

and pianist Mulgrew Miller who sadly died on the 29th

May this year. The trio had originally played together on

the 2003 album The Golden Striker on Blue Note.

The album consists of five pieces, Samba de Orfeu, My Funny Valentine, The Golden Striker,

the John Lewis piece from which the group took its name and two Ron Carter originals.

The album begins gently with a masterful chordal introduction played by Russell Malone

before been joined by Miller and Carter for a subtle and understated performance of Ron

Carters composition Candle Light. This piece seemed to take a while to settle, for the first

five minutes it seemed almost as if each of the instruments were in competition with one

another. This was very much Malones piece and he threw it all in there, single notes, chord

melody, harmonics and string bends.

The next piece My Funny Valentine began with a delightfully sparse rendition of the themeby Miller before been joined by Carter. The piece remains as a duet with Carter

complimenting Millers lines admirably.

Track three and Malone is back in the band, this time for another Carter composition

Saudale. This begins with a master class on how to play rhythm guitar and chordal

accompaniment with a pianist. This is something Malone excels at and has played in many

successful bands with pianists such as Monty Alexander and Diana Krall. It is with this piece

that the trio really start playing as a band, the telepathy and empathy which accompany

great jazz musicians is appearing and this is chamber jazz at its finest with all players

contributing equally to create beautiful music.

Samba de Orfeu sees the trio moving back to a duo this time it is Malone and Carter with

Malone taking the accompanying role and playing second fiddle to Carters muscly

performance. This is typical Ron Carter, virtuosic, fluent and full of clichs. I love guitar/bass

duos and think fondly of the work of Joe Pass and Niels-Henning rsted Pedersen or Jim

Halls masterful album Jim Hall & Basses. This track never quite reached those levels

although it was fun to listen too. From a critical point of view Carters bass seemed to be out

of tune for much of this piece.

The final piece The Golden Striker sees the form return and a delightful way to finish the


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album with each of the members sharing the limelight equally and some sublime

accompanying from Malone.

Over all a mixed album, some delightful moments with some real interplay between the

musicians, chamber jazz as it should be and other moments which had you been there would

have passed you by but on a recording dont really stand up to repeated playing.

Darren Dutson-Bromley

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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

Tuition

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Sales

Please let me know as soon as items are sold to remove them from the list.

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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 ( [email protected] )

Telecaster Pickups: -1. Boxed pair of Fender Custom Shop Texas Specials. Full fat sound with good

balance and punch, as new... 702. 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 at354. 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 356. Mojo Boutique bridge pickup, new 307. 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.. 20Dunlop 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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Polytone Mega-Brute Nr mint. 110 watts, loud and very small. Fully serviced ..SOLD

Session Sessionette 75 watts. Recovered (as new appearance) fully serviced, (just)with new upgraded celestion speaker. Collectable!....................................................150

Contact Adrian Ingram; 01484 314529

Fender Pro Junior, as new. Very small and as loud as any 100 watt trannie amp. Ideal

for jazzers wanting the old valve tone!.......................................................................250

Fender Blues Junior Mark III, latest edition with all mods + previous faults sorted.

Reverb and 12 speaker for big Wes/Burrell tone. Mint............................................350---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rivera R55 1x12 valve amp excellent condition : SOLDRoland GR33 guitar synth + pickup : 200 onoSession Rockette 30 fantastic little jazz amp : 90 ono

JMP 50 1980 Marshall head : 600Eventide Time-Factor delay/sampler/loop pedal : 220

Tone Proslocking nickel stoptail (335/ Les Paul etc) : 20Boss digital dimension (1980s) pedal as new (Mike Stern/Sco/Metheny etc) : 80Fender Hot-Rod Telecaster with case900 o.n.o.Fender 57 USA reissue Strat. Mint with upgraded pickups...950

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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 approx15 mins from Huddersfield if you or anyone else wantsto come try it out.

Its a 65/66 ES 355 and is in great shape.

Many thanks

Gary [email protected]


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For more info contact Paul Wright on: -

[email protected] or mob 07527 389637

The Comins Jazz amp has a power

attenuator...all valve 1x12...nice & light

combo & built by the great amp builder

George Allesandro....1,000

'Triggs Jazzbox the top is

laminate....2,500 2,200

The Ameson 120w is a very small

transistor amp...very high

quality....650

The Ameson 50watt is all tube & a

small head... 750

Schaefer 15''Jazzer3,500


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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 Lazdins

The Amp ShackThe Professional Tone Breakdown Service

Ph: +44 (0) 7716 460 163

Email: [email protected]

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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 butdecent jazzers between 300 and 1500 I'm selling everything I get so if youhave any members that would like to move any unwanted guitars on we may beable to help.

Of course I am happy to offer a deal on goods for members, they just need tomention when enquiring.

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Trades

Wants

1. small amp : Polytone (any model considered); Musicman RD50(1x10 or 1x12); Peterson (Wood cab 10 speaker) AER etc

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


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2. Seymour Duncan alnico Pro II neck telecaster neck pickup

If you have of know the whereabouts of any of the above please contact AdrianIngram [email protected]

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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

Contact [email protected]

If you don't want to continue receiving newsletters and notices then send an emailwith the subject 'REMOVE' to [email protected]

Cheers

Ian

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