M55 Stablizer Solution
The vintage Musser M-55 is a superb vibraphone. I own both a 1978 M55 that I purchased new and also a 1960s vintage M-75. Both are excellent instruments, but they each have their own personalities. The M-75 has a…
Practicing improv (using Pentatonic scales) on Green Dolphin Street today before a class at Berklee. It's good to play on piano in order to hear how the scales and colors sound over the chord. Favorite pianists that use Pentatonics so well…
Hello to everyone:
This is an audio file with the interview to Dimitris Angelakis and me at the Radio Burela because of the "III Workshop de Improvisación e Vibráfono" this past July/28/2014 in Burela (Galicia, Spain).
The interview,…
Will be releasing a new duo recording with pianist Steve Allee (Rufus Reid trio) later this fall. Here is a short excerpt from one of Steve's compositions.
Rusty
Hi Everyone,
It's a little early for the November update, especially since the October rebroadcast is this afternoon at 4-6 eastern time. Hope you can tune in today! (www.jazzon2.org) You can listen on your smartphone if you download…
I am listening to this now, it blows my mind that these recordings were done in the mid 1950's.
http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Jazz-Quartet-Germany-1956-1958/dp/B00E5NXP…
David,
I’d like to ask if you’d take another trip down memory lane with regards to your experiences regarding for Creed Taylor’s CTI Records as well with Rudy Van Gelder (engineer). My discovery of you started with Hubert Laws’s records,…
The vintage Musser M-55 is a superb vibraphone. I own both a 1978 M55 that I purchased new and also a 1960s vintage M-75. Both are excellent instruments, but they each have their own personalities. The M-75 has a slightly darker and…
Excerpt from Milan clinic that took place this past May. Vibist Andrea Mellace (who came all the way from Calabria) asked me to play Black Orpheus. In this clip, I'm demonstrating various dampening techniques (including slide dampening and…
You can't go wrong with such memorable songs as these. They sound great arranged for anything - orchestra, rock band, solo guitar, solo vibes, jazz group, choir, whatever.
Hi Everyone,
Here's a real study in simplicity. This is from Hutcherson's latest album on Blue Note with Joey DeFrancesco, David Sanborn, and Billy Hart. The tune is a blues by Joey titled "Don Is". I believe the album is on Spotify, but I…
Today I was trying to commit Girl from Ipanema to memory and realized that, for vibes, the key of Bb is much better than the key of F.
Playing it in Bb opens up the range of the instrument to more voicings. This basically because the…
I pulled out an old set of Burton mallets from the 80's. I had forgotten how perfect these mallets were. The rattan is narrower then any of my modern mallets and they have a quickness and tone that is really exceptional.The rattan is…
Here's one of my new composition dedicated to the memory of the great pianist Bill Evans!!!
if somebody is interested in having a look at the lead sheet let me know!!!
best
Giovanni
9 years 7 months ago - 4 comments
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