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Hi All, The December show has aired but it’s still in rotation for a rebroadcast on Wednesday, Dec 4 at 4:00p. You can still catch it at wwfm.org. It opens with a burner from MCcoy Tyner and Bobby Hutcherson, cools down with Cal Tjader’…
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https://www.youtube.com/user/LAvibesummit/ A link to their page where they are putting up videos of the summit. Pretty cool to see what's happening in LA
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"Windows" by pianist Chick Corea. A classic composed by Chick which he recorded quite a few times through the years. Some of the students and I have been working on it during the past week and were discussing ways to maneuver through the…
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An interesting hour-long concert from the early 1990s.
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Emily
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Playing pan and congas at a local Indianapolis club.
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I've been working on solo vibraphone most lately and I had to record this for a competition, so I thought I would post it! Criticism?
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Check this out !
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Adapting 3+3+2 to the Balafon Watching the video is the easiest way to grasp ideas and variations. Below are added resources to go deeper into the material. Harmonic Time: Sometimes we need to step away from our primary instrument to…
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I just finished an online lesson with a student and I thought, hmmm I should pass on the gist of what we were talking about which was if you're playing solo, or doing chord melody things on the vibes, play the melody first and decide how…
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When I was much younger, my mentors taught me that the best thing I could do for my playing was to transcribe on a regular basis. They taught me that it was not for the purpose of learning to copy and play solos that others had played,…
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A somewhat “impressionistic” version of Monk’s “‘Round Midnight” using voicings from my book “Voicing Concepts For The Jazz Vibist”.
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Tiki!
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So, Tiki bars have become a thing, and the folks who dig this sort of thing really dig vibraphone xylophone. An acquaintance had a gig for me, so I put together this little duo...
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Hi all! I've been working on Woody'n You this week and thought I would share. Solo playing is very challenging for me. I've been trying to work slowly with the metronome and figure out how to accompany myself in a few different ways.
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Billy Wooten was the vibes player on a couple of Grant Green soul-jazz albums, and after touring with Green he decided to come off the road and settle in Indianapolis. As a matter of personal taste, I happen to really enjoy soul-jazz with…
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I told myself before this performance, to just have a good time, and practice in front of people. This is my attempt at putting the "play" back into playing.
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