Day 2 of my Blues weekend was a very different experience. This was the monthly Canberra Blues Society Pro Jam session. I've attended these numerous times in the past and just recently hankered for a return. It's fun and friendly and a hive for some old friends and it has its challenges but it's not too difficult outing for a jazzer. The feels were comfy enough but the keys were somewhat unpracticed: guitar keys (E,A,D) instead of horn keys (F,Bb,Eb,Ab). Those open strings on the tonics rather than the 3rd took some care, and someone showing me bass tabs in place of written music (for a Lady Ga-Ga tune, no less) flummoxed me: I understand the system but have never used it. I played my Mexican Fender Jazz bass and the sound was loud and proud through the gear on stage so I enjoyed that immensely. The session runs with music from 1pm with a host band, this day with another band, then a few short jam sessions of 3 tunes each, essentially led by a singer or other leader. In my case, all 12-bars but with different feels and nicely led. I enjoyed it immensely. Pics are of the two first-up bands: the host band JD Band led by DJ Gosper and the host band for the next jam session, the Blues Accelerators. And cheers to the mates I met from Quartic Sol: Thomas, Jacinta and Sam.
The Canberra Blues Society Pro Blues jam is held monthly at the Harmonie German Club. Host bands were JD Band and Blues Accelerators.
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