Let me announce our new TOTM. How Deep Is the Ocean.
I talked with Behn and we will attempt to keep this TOTM at about a month. Behn's idea! Hence we will live up to it's description.
HOWEVER, and in addition. Next Saturday at 2 pm we…
i found a cool and fun thing to do which is a good lesson i think. on this video at about 4 minutes chick plays some blues licks which gary instantly repeats together with the audience singing. the blues is in Bb flat and he uses mostly…
Hey David,
(And everyone else of course).
Before I continue on working with this I need some feedback.
Maybe some things to know in advance :
this is the 1th time I did it without metronome.
This is the 1th time I recorded it.
There are…
Hey there,
I´m Matthias Goebel, I´m organising the free housing and payment for the winterworkshop in Duesseldorf/Wuppertal.
Please send me an email, if you have any question about these subjects.
You can pay the fee while entering the…
A Wes tune called Jingles from a concert last April featuring Dan Faehnle-Guitar (Diana Krall), Bobby Floyd-Organ (Ray Charles), Tony Franklin-Drums and me on vibes.
Alright...it's been two months since I posted any progress on transcribing Burton's solo on Afro Blue and I'm going to post because I need some motivation. I've been working on it on and off, but winter break and traveling for work put a…
This is 'Manhattan Vibes' featuring Antonio Sanchez on drums and Thana Alexa on vocals - live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center in NYC.
Christos Rafalides- vibraphone
Sergio Salvatore- piano
Mike Michael Pope- bass
Manhattan…
i tried to take more risks and play it faster than on the video version. the head arrangement is almost the same. i listen a lot to tonys version...and the more i tried the more i adore tony for his 4 mallets,fast playing solo vibes skills…
it seems we forgot a very cool version with the singers...maybe because we don´t expect him to sing jazz.
i like this version because it´s so simple and clear.
here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRWhUo5g0K0
tarik
I'm happy to announce that Emarel Music is officially
releasing our quartet record "Blue November".
You are invited to join us for a special CD release performance on
Wednesday, January 16th 2013 at 9:00pm at
DROM
85 Ave A (b/w 5th &…
hey again,
Another practise I like to do is to take some chords I like from a tune and create different melodies. This is also a one take theme and solo and the reason I do this is because I sometimes want to practise like in a live…
this is some spontaneous ideas played in the vibes. it's one take only so forgive about the "mistakes". I generally believe in the one take solo because it's the real you...(you know what I mean). I like to study tunes like that. Also I…
Any college cats out there that need an internship? There's a lot of research to be done for the site!!! It would be perfect for a grad student that needed an internship. And since we're pretty legit now, this could go on your resume.
hi dear gary,I would like to know how do you feel with the past of the time with the rattan thicknes of your mallets?
early video are a thin rattan and was very flexible . looks like more easy to play? more flexibility in your phrasing?…
Hi everyone,
Please join Tony and I on Saturday at 2pm (eastern standard, US) for the online class which covers our new TOTM, How Deep Is The Ocean.
Even if you don't feel like you know this tune well, find a recording/lead sheet of it and…
Hi Everyone,
It's the February Good Vibes update and that can only mean the annual getaway show. We'll go to "Morocco," "Crossing the Sudan," and see a "Sahara Sunrise." We'll explore some islands, "Barbados," "Tahiti," and travel through…
I'm giving myself a challenge this summer: Post at least five Friedman études. I keep telling myself "Don't post them until they're perfect!" but...that's not the point of this site now is it? So here are #s 1, 2, and 7, ready for…
Inspired by Ted's version, I started learning Serenata by Leroy Anderson. I couldn't find Serenata in any of the Real Books that I have so I listened to a few versions and decided to learn it from the Nat King Cole/George Shearing version…