International Jazz Banjo Newsletter

We are still here - The String Trio S.H.! Christoph Cringle bjo, Kai Stemmler b, Karl-Heinz Kircher g). Since one year we have two new bassists (doublebass / tuba).If one is not able to play, the other one does. Both had to work a lot to know our rather big goodtime – Music - Repertoire (Ragtime, Novelty, Classic, Musical, Dixiland)Now we are able again to do three – hour –gigs and longer. The top had been a Performance at „Honky Tonk Festival“ which lasted five hours.
Our plans are to build the trio into a quartett, by adding a violinist. It will be nice, to change playing of melody over from banjo to violin and back. We now want to work out Bach´s „Concerto for two violins and piano in d - minor“.
Meanwhile I can play „Violin 2“ on tenorbanjo – this 2nd voice sounds nice itself
but ist great music to listen to both voices banjo and violin, bass and guitar.
Another recommendation from J. S. Bach´s Inventions for piano: „Inventio Nr 13“ is worth to work out! Players will be able to find out fingering on tenorbanjo (violinkey - melody)! If you add bass or tuba playing the bassline you will listen to mysterious – soundfull, „Bach - like“ baroque Musik...
Here´s a tip for one of our few public gigs:(we mostly play on events like birthdays, openings, representations, ... the typcal jazzquartett- oder –trio- gigs ...)6. Schleswig – Holstein Amateur Oldtime Jazz Festival Sa., 03. September 2005, Fachklinik Schleswig, Mühlenredder 2, 24837 Schleswig. String Trio: 20.30 Uhr bis 21.30 Uhr Bühne Mühlenredder 2.
Don´t visit String Trio´s website! (under construction –guestbook is trashed with lots of advertising). If you have questions – call me (Tel.: 04841 / 74161) or email me: (ABCCringle@t-online.de).

Kind regards
Christoph Cringle
ABCCringle@t-online.de