Subject: [Harp-L] Buddy Guy Legends Monday jam/ SmoJoe playing at GSHF

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Great info, Val but you don't give yourself enough credit... 
 
As begun anew last year, the Garden State Harmonica Festival was the  
perfect final 2009 Convention after Spah in August...as a great Thanksgiving  
gift to those of us who are geared to the New York Jazz scene and felt such a  
lack of a harmonica gathering here in our area, as well as something we can 
get  to far more easily.
 
Will Gallison, Randy Weinstein, Phil, Smokey, Enrico, Hendrick Muerkens,  
Charles Spranklin...bringing such a great jazz vibe - Enrico playing his 
guitar  in the hallways late at night for anyone who wanted to keep on jamming 
along, as  well as Marv and Roger, of course.  There was something for every  
taste.
 
It's Enrico's Trumpets Jazz Club which has become a site for the Garden  
State Club's 2010 harmonica Spring and Summer 'Flings'. It can't get much 
better  than this - yet it does with the addition of Rob Paparozzi and Dennis 
Gruenling  and the young 'blues guns'... 
 
2009's Festival was such a HUGE success, mostly due to the  indefatigable 
Val Redler who seemed to be everywhere at once..President of the  GSHC as 
well as co-Festival chair....and still somehow fitting in practicing  for a 
performance on stage Saturday night with the HarpBeats. 
 
Buzz Krantz and Warren Bee were part of 2009..keeping things hopping.   
Howard Levy showed up with Rob Paparozzi. LD Miller played guitar and sang 
while  Zach Gaviria played harmonica - then traded off on harp while Zach played 
 guitar....they repeated the 'beat-box harp duet' for my own camera in the  
lobby.  Jay Gaunt had an impromptu lesson from Howard Levy ..as did Josh  
King.
 
We had real musicians backing anyone who wanted to go up to play in  the 
bar/lounge area for a very mellow and laid-back evening jam...with much less  
pressure than at this past SPah's heavy duty jazz jams. I was even brave 
enough  to play a bit (something I'd never have done at  SPah)...
 

This Convention has already made huge strides in joining  together the 
diatonic and chromatic worlds...Blues, jazz and classical...with  every other 
genre of music in the mix as well. In such a brief time GSHC has  catapulted 
from its previous mostly chromatic and trio vibe to a much more  modern and 
inclusive sensibility. Everyone's welcome and everyone's made  to feel 
welcome. This year there will a much better main room (entirely  renovated) 
available for us attendees -again due to Val's unflagging efforts. 
 
It's just two months away...time to make your plans. There is no better  
time to be had ....at the East Coast equivalent of SPah. 
 
Elizabeth
 
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:50:23 -0400
From: VALERIE  REDLER <gshcsunshine@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Buddy Guy Legends  Monday jam/ SmoJoe playing at GSHF
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Yes, it's true that Smo-Joe will be adding  his charm and expertise at the 
38th GSHC Festival from Nov.18-20!  As there  has been lot of discussion 
about "Summertime", whoever wants to play it at open  mic can do so under the 
watchful eyes of Smo-Joe who will be in charge of open  mic at the festival. 
Joe will also be holding a seminar on "Country Tuning"  which I've seen some 
people call "Smo-Joe's Tuning" and he will be performing as  well.  If you 
haven't made your reservation to come to the festival, do so  now, as table 
seating is filling up, as are room reservations. Visit our website  at: 
www.gardenstateharmonicaclub.org for further details. Included in our roster  of 
entertainers playing blues, jazz, classical, traditional and klezmar music  
is: Dennis Gruenling, Rob Paparozzi, Bob McFarlane, Stan Harper, Jia-Yi He, 
 Enrico Granafei, Phil Caltabellotta, Hendrik Meurkens, The HarpBeats (Phil 
C.  and George Miklas), Carlos Colina, Josh King, Jay Gaunt, 17 North Blues 
Band and  Charlie Toker, Danny G,  Giovanni Volini, Ron Kalina, Bub 
Boblink, Al and  Judy Smith and more!  M.C.s will be Charlie McDermott, Charles 
Spranklin  and Warren Bee.  Seminars and Workshops are being set up now with 
the new  additions of:  Playing Harmonica with a Band(Enrico Granafei); 
Harmonica  Health( Dr. John Shaman), Introducing the Harmonica(Warren Bee), 
Beginning  Diatonic with Dennis Gruenling, Basic Chromatic(Judy Smith) and of 
course,  Harmonica Repair, Band in a Box and lots more. This will be listed on 
our  website, once it is complete. 

After returning from a great time at SPAH  in August, we are looking 
forward to seeing all of you at our Fall "Feastival"  at the Holiday Inn, 
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ,  where we will continue the fun  including nightly blues 
jams, jazz jams, hanging out in the halls with our  Harmonica Ambassadors, Marv 
and Roger Monroe, finding what you need with Danny G  in his New Harmonica 
store and just indulging in our version of "harmonica  heaven". This year we 
will also have a fantastic trio at our evening jazz  jams.  We are also 
planning to have a Jazz/Blues Blow-Off(as started by  Jason Ricci) on Wednesday 
night, Nov. 17th at Trumpets Jazz Club for those who  arrive early!  Phil C. 
and I will keep you posted. And we also want to  welcome Warren "Bee" 
Bachman, Publicity Director at SPAH in his new   position as Assistant Director 
of our 2010 Festival! 

Always think  harmonica!

Phil Caltabellotta (Festival Chairman) and Val Redler (  Festival Co-Chair)
38th GSHC  Festival


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