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Jennifer Hodge

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Chinatown, My Chinatown
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Chinatown, My Chinatown
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Released: Sep 19, 2012
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  • Genre: Classical / Jazz / Rock

    Location Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

    Profile Views: 33000

    Last Login: 3/27/2013

    Member Since 12/6/2007

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmplbmhvZGdlYmFzcy5jb20=

    Record Label Unsigned

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Jennifer Hodge is a versatile upright and electric bass player based in Vancouver, BC (originally from Courtenay, BC), who has been gigging since she was 15 years old. She is passionate about and dedicated to playing music in all styles from jazz to classical to rock to folk and everything in between. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Music from Capilano College's Jazz Studies program in 2007, and enjoyed playing with the school's premier ensembles - "A" Band and NiteCap - during her time there. She gigs regularly in the Greater Vancouver area, and to date has performed throughout British Columbia, Eastern Canada, the United States, and the French Caribbean. In 2005, she became the first recipient of the Linton Garner Memorial Jazz Award. She has also led a quartet twice in the Vancouver International Jazz Festival (2007 and 2008) which played original compositions and modern jazz repertoire. In 2008 and 2010, this band - now called the Four Eyes Quartet - was nominated for the Galaxie Rising Stars Award in affiliation with CBC. To celebrate her birthday in November 2010, Jen put together a Prohibition-era jazz band - the Jen Hodge All Stars - which landed a regular gig at Guilt & Company in Gastown shortly after its inception. The group continues to perform there every second Wednesday to a packed house. Jen freelances regularly with a variety of bands and has performed in such diverse groups as Diane Lines's JUMP!, the Mighty Aphrodite Jazz Band, the Universal Gospel Choir, Cat Toren, The Higgins, the Amanda Wood Trio, Cornet Chop Suey, Amy Stephen and Friends, and the West Coast Symphony, to name a few. In 2006 she helped form the Company B Jazz Band, for which she both plays bass and writes arrangements. This band has released two full length albums and has enjoyed success both at home in British Columbia and abroad in Washington, Oregon and California.

  • Members

    Jen is a member of the Jen Hodge All Stars, the Four Eyes Quartet, Company B Jazz Band, the Mighty Aphrodite Jazz Band, Bria's Hot Five, and the West Coast Symphony. She also freelances in all musical styles, organizing groups for any occasion and filling in with other groups.

  • Influences

    Edgar Meyer, Oscar Pettiford, John Entwistle, Slam Stewart, Thelma Terry, Ray Brown, James Jamerson, Dave Holland, Paul Chambers, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Joel Quarrington, Catalin Rotaru, Gary Karr, Sam Jones, The Beatles, Stan Rogers, Béla Fleck, Buxtehude, Brahms, Bach, The Boswell Sisters, Paul Simon, Des Pawson...

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