When Gary told us about his childhood, we had a little talk about tap dancing.
Having a look on Joe Locke's agenda, I saw that he will be performing at Jazz Baltica (Germany) in July, with young tap dancer Maurice Chestnut and a few other…
This clip of Green Dolphin Street was released today on the Vic Firth You Tube channel. Kind of crazy that Green Dolphin Street just came out as a TOTM.
Clip of Bluesette from Berklee Summer Percussion Festival concert that took place in June 2014. I just found this in the video library and it hadn't been previously posted up on YT. There are some other clips from the concert up on my YT…
Was trying to find some other ways to play the harmony on this common tune. I think I stole a lot from Bill Evans, I've been listening to him a lot lately.
Hi guys, here's the videoclip of Jobim's Triste. I had previously posted the audioclip of Triste from our session. There are some more clips of the session on my YouTube channel including two takes each of Autumn Leaves, Basin Street Blues…
Ok, nothing to do with vibes, but this guy is just so funny. Check out his other stuff on youtube also, you'll crack up.
Unfortunately he died very young...
'Are you havin' a laugh' - Trivia: who's that quote from?
TJ
Practicing improv and the application of Pentatonic scales (with one alteration) on Green Dolphin Street. The scales bring out unusual notes over the chords. #9 and #5 on Maj 7, natural 7 and #11 on Min 7 and the combination of natural/…
Clip of Mark and I playing Henry Mancini's great song "The Days of Wine and Roses". Taking after Bill Evans' great version, we play the first half of the tune in F and then modulate to Ab for the 2nd half. I like doing this. It feels like…
Hello guys, here's a short solo vibraphone clip that was just uploaded to my YouTube Solo Vibes channel. This very brief solo clip shows me working on playing lines along with some left hand comping on Coltrane's Giant Steps. There's also…
