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Ukulele has been the first instrument in the Franklin family for four generations. I have been playing blues and jazz on uke since 1998, influenced by my jazz musician dad who was around for the first ukulele craze of the 1920's.
I play uke in a hot jazz style using three finger picking to create the syncopated rhythms of the 1920's/30's that I love so much.
Heavily influenced by my sometime duo partner in crime, the sublime Del Rey (www.delreyplays.com), I play uke in most of my solo blues shows and on five of my solo albums.
I regularly perform and teach all over the world, notably for EuroBlues here in the UK and the Centrum organisation in the US.
Many of the early blues players, especially around Alabama, Georgia and along the east coast of the US, played and sang in fairly high registers. This makes the ukulele a great accompaniment for pre-war blues and jazz.
I play uke in a hot jazz style using three finger picking to create the syncopated rhythms of the 1920's/30's that I love so much.
Heavily influenced by my sometime duo partner in crime, the sublime Del Rey (www.delreyplays.com), I play uke in most of my solo blues shows and on five of my solo albums.
I regularly perform and teach all over the world, notably for EuroBlues here in the UK and the Centrum organisation in the US.
Many of the early blues players, especially around Alabama, Georgia and along the east coast of the US, played and sang in fairly high registers. This makes the ukulele a great accompaniment for pre-war blues and jazz.
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While on tour and at festivals, I often teach workshops, giving students the techniques to delve in to the hot jazz and blues world.
Typical workshops include; Rhythm picking- This workshop concentrates on easy to remember picking patterns essential to getting that hot jazz sound Chord plus and comping- How to extend your chord vocabulary, add notes to chords to get more out of a tune and the 'comping' rhythm style of swing bands such as Count Basie & Duke Ellington. Blues finger picking- Learn typical pre-war blues style progressions and rhythms using finger picking to create your own arrangements or to provide melodic accompaniment in a group setting. All my workshops and private lessons use songs and instrumentals to demonstrate the techniques, giving students some great repertoire to take home. |
While at the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival in Huddersfield, the nice chaps from The Mother Ukers filmed this video just after my afternoon set. It's my arrangement of Fats Waller's 'Spring Cleaning'. |
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Here is a video of a recent hot jazz & blues workshop I gave at Oxford Uke Club.
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I taught a workshop in Germany during my tour there, here is Bo Carter's 'I Want You To Know'. Thanks to Hardy Lugerth, a great musician and friend, for the video.
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Del Rey & Adam Franklin's new cd, Rocket Red & Ruby Chard, available now!
Click on the picture to hear tracks from the album!
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Photos by Ed Sprake www.edsprake.com
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