MJJ July26, 2011

I think there is a review of a Jam Session in there somewhere...

Before her Bairnsdale ballerina debacle, Madge from Altona was fairly keen on a young bicyclist by the name of Francis. His aim, apparently, was to do the Tour de France, Madge's aim, was of course to do something several degrees lower. She could never resist the offer of a Ploughman's lunch, especially if there were pickled onions and cold tongue involved. Whatever, she would have settled for the Tour de Francis, and very nearly did. That was in her early days, when she could still get into a corset, (although she preferred trousers).

Favourite Haunt
Their favourite haunt was The Stuffed Parrot, which at that time was in full swing. The music was hot, and the jazzeurs were, by their own estimation, somewhat cool cats: they took to affecting a foppish look, wearing a slouched beret, thick black framed glasses, and smoking cheap American cigarettes. Of course, the good folk of Altona do not take kindly to that sort of thing, so they also learnt to play every tune very fast, and run even faster. Especially if Madge was in the audience.

Ah Yes!
But I digress. The Leinster, ah yes, that was what I was getting to. Got there Sunday arvo actually. Frank and Brian starting off, with a bit of key from meself, and sax from Keef. We took a tour through the Jack the Lad chartbook, Sam came in and played some drums, and we all managed to massacre Bernie's Tune, before blithely ignoring the fact that Chega De Saudade has two pages Captain Chaos put us right on that one.

Miss Sonya
Don wielded the axe for a while and Miss Sonya took out the tonsils and waltzed through a coupla ballads as you do , then as the headcount/chaos factor mounted, Sam whipped out his organ. We eventually got the life ban from the Leinster Lizard Lounge and Cabaret Club lifted, by explaining that it was a Hammond; and stepping over the prostrate form of a deeply disappointed Hortense, or not as the case may be, resumed with what is sometimes laughingly referred to as music for a splendid little session. I might try that again next week. Seeya there? FOH Colin Garrett playing

Friday night at the Leinster

As sometimes happens, nobody turned up for a while except Frank and myself. So Frank fired up his guitar and we enjoyed ourselves with a few quiet ballads. Then they started to arrive. Ted jumped on the keys which relegated Frank to the bass. Ted came up with the crazy idea of playing some more difficult pieces. We almost got Solar right. Tim and friend appeared and he took over the horn section for a while. Sachigo walked in with a guitar on his back almost immediately followed by Taariq carrying a guitar case but quickly was assigned to the drum kit until Glen took over for a while. Frank needed a rest so Taariq started playing bass until he finally had the guitar in his hands towards the end of the evening.

Buddy appeared for a quick social visit and Keith and reeds arrived later on. One of the joys of a jam session is that you never know who is going to appear. This night we were lucky to have Stewart who was visiting from NSW take over the keys in a very competent manner. We also had a number of very satisfied listeners. Along with the regulars (Marg, Alan, Di and co) a couple from on holidays from Tasmania and two gentlemen who were heading to Bennetts Lane (but decided that the grassroots jazz was a better option) were very complimentary of the proceedings. Hope to catch up with you next Friday. Col

The Leinster Arms Hotel

66 Gold Street, Collingwood For dinner bookings phone 9417 5720

Jam Sessions at the Leinster Arms Hotel Friday 7:00pm till late Sunday from 4pm

www.leinsterarms.com.au
Lester Young (left)

Pres never played anything that didnt mean anything. Everything made sense. I dont care what it was, what the song was, it didnt have to be exciting but you beleive me, if you listen to it it told a story, beautiful stories. Buddy Tait tenor saxophonist in 1984

Jammers Newsletter
The Newsletter informs interested people of Jazz Jammers events, CD launches and jam sessions. It reviews past sessions, promotes events being put on by Jammers and encourages people to get involved in live performance. It also provides an informative and friendly network for musicians and followers of jazz.

The Jam Sessions

The jams feature a blend of accomplished musicians and those beginning their jamming careers. A great opportunity to drop in, meet other musicians, blow your heart out on your favourite tune or kick back and listen in. The music may be good, bad or bebop, swing, blues, latin or lousy anything can happen and often does! All are welcome. Bring charts, instruments, voices.

from the editor

The Blues
The one about the difference between a blues muso and a jazz muso. The one plays three chords to thousands while the other plays thousands of chords to three people. But looking at some of the charts of 12 bar blues I have counted up a lot more than 3 chords. So what is the right form for the blues? Feedback or comments can be emailed to melbournejazzjammers@gmail.com Rob McCue 26 July 2011

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Tips for Singers from a Fellow Musician

We understand that singers, who have had very little experience with performing with a group, may sometimes need help and we give it freely. If you can provide three copies of a specific arrangement thats great, otherwise, you need to sing your tunes in the standard form. Trying to do one without the other may make you very disappointed with the outcome. Also, if the performance was a train wreck, you will find that nobody died in the process. It is sort of in the nature of a jam session but dont blame the other musicians until after you talk to them and try to pin point what actually went wrong. FM

Keyboard Player Wanted

Just wondering if there is a keyboard player aged between 20-40 years who may be interested in joining our band? Would be in it for the love of music, and not for money. Need quite good reading skills and comfortable with jazz as well as pop music. We play at Dizzy's once a month and any other gigs that come along, although we are looking at heading towards doing weddings and corporate gigs. Alex Loh, Band Director, Maestro Of Ceremonies M: 0413 008 924 E: allo@rocketmail.com W: http://www.maestroceremonies.com.au

Trad Jam at the Elsternwick Club 19 Sandham Street, Elsternwick Most Monday nights from 8-10 p.m.
A pianist is needed to be part of a roster for a weekly trad jazz jam. Players of other instruments and vocalists are also most welcome. We generally roster the drummers and pianists (one of each at a time) but everyone else is welcome to just turn up (but check that it's on first). Chord booklets are provided, but bring your own melodies and/or words for vocals if you need them. No audience, just a fun jam playing classic, old-style jazz. Enquiries: Marion Lustig 95715444 or 0407342882

Live Music Dates Jan Blake Treble Clef Jazz Lounge 2 - 5pm Sun 31st July
Jan with Frank Morgan, Ned Taylor and friends

John Curtis Jazz Quartet Kojo Brown 7pm Sat 30th July
Tony Clement, sax, Dave Taylor, bass, Paul Phillips, drums and John Curtis on keyboard.

Steve Sedergreen Paris Cat Sat 3 September 9.30pm

Mistaken identity, Steve & Mal, Ted Vining, Nick Haywood Cost: $20 adults, $15 concession

David Ruiz & Trumpet Friday 7.30 to 11pm

We play every Friday night at the city tiler corner Graham street and Bay street, Port Melbourne, it's a groovy place that sells tiles by day and beers by night. We play jazz mainly but mix in some blues and a little early fifties style music to keep people dancing. We are called Trumpet and are comprised of me, David Ruiz on Vocals, Elliot Joe on guitar, Anthony Pell on double bass, Mihoko Abe on the saxophone and Jules on drums. Come join the action between 7.30-11.00pm.

Sonya Veronica 8pm Thursday, 11 August l'Alliance Franaise de Melbourne Grey Street, St Kilda (ph 9525 3463)
As part of their Jeudi Jazzy series, with Mark Fitzgibbon (piano), Howard Cairns (bass) & Raj Jayaweera (drums). We'll be playing some chanson Franaise, rearranged by Mark Fitzgibbon with some jazz twists, from Hymne de l'amour to La Vie En Rose, dare I say Ne Me Quitte Pas? We'll see. We'll mix good old standard in the mix as well. Limited seats - Tickets: $23/18 (member of l'Alliance Franaise) - Please confirm with AF.

Sonya Veronica 9pm Friday 12 August Dizzy's Jazz Club

with Mark Fitzgibbon (piano), Howard Cairns (bass) & Raj Jayaweera (drums).

CD Releases Neon Bogart (Adam Rudegair) CD Release

I'm thrilled to announce my future noir project Neon Bogart's latest single Weightless is available online now on bandcamp!
adamrudegeair.bandcamp.com/album/weightlessunder-the-rainbow-double-single

From Taariq
CD#4 is coming out December 2011! It could be a 2 x CD set and will have new original jazz and world tunes plus more stuff featuring Taariq on a range of instruments plus some guest spots from people such Ed Bates, Mihoko Abe, Mike Hirsh, Angie Strickland and others. Meanwhile CDs 1, 2 and the latest 3rd installment are still available. Contact me for details taariq69@yahoo.co.in take a listen here. http://www.myspace.com/hassantaariq

This June 2011 single from Neon Bogart (alias Adam Rudegeair), Weightless is a postapocalyptic trip-hop love song. Featuring The Jane Austen Argument's Jen Kingwell on vocals, and Justin Ashworth on bass. We've released this new music to raise funds for our forthcoming European and US tour. So if you like the music, please purchase it to help us get there! Our single debuted at #5 of the international bandcamp charts, help us get to #1!

Learning Steve Sedergreen

Steve has just published a book on playing jazz piano, Start Playing Jazz Piano Now! Talk Steve into an autographed copy, you can contact him at his website www.stevesedergreen.com He also has classes you can participate in but hurry as they are restricted to 8 10 people.

MBAS
Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society www.mbas.org.au The Royal Standard Hotel 333 William Street, West Melbourne Featured artist 8.00 pm Jam Tuesdays 9.00-11.00pm

Other Items From Marek

Looking for people who want to play live, record, produce with me, promote my original compositions and create a fully professional high quality smooth jazz, Latin funk fusion stuff. Also, a good lyric writer to write own lyric to my original smooth jazz latin funk compositions and can record and perform with my band, Arachnids. I have a lots of my original compositions but they are only instrumental and need lyrics. Call me 9465 4545 mob 0402 432 918 Marek marekpodstawek@mail.com

Jazz links Jazz Scene

www.jazzscene.com.au

Jazz and Beyond

www.jazzandbeyond.com.au/festival.html

Melbourne Jazz Co-operative

Presenting presenting original jazz and improvised music since 1983.
www.mjc.org.au

Venues Dizzys Jazz Club

381 Burnley Street, Richmond 9428 1233
www.dizzys.com.au

La Niche
67 Smith Street Fitzroy 9416 3439

Treble Clef Jazz Lounge

17 Paynes Road, Chirnside Park 9739 6739 (free entry)

Kojo Brown Restaurant and Bar

294 Bridge Road, Richmond 9428 9800

Alliance Francaise
www.afmelbourne.asn.au/arts.html

Paris Cat
6 Goldie Place, Melbourne 9642 4711
www.pariscat.com.au

Bennetts Lane
25 Bennetts Lane, Melbourne 9663 2856
www.bennettslane.com