I did this for my student Dan. We wanted to play very inside over the Tune Quasimodo which is a contrafact for Embraceable You.
Everybody should download this and put your choruses on and post it.
A new song I just finished composing titled "Cinematic Scene". I'm using a new set of my signature mallets (Vic Firth M39) that just arrived in the mail. Very happy how these mallets sound in terms of fullness, color and clarity. The lead…
Blues with a shuffle feel. I love how Keith Jarrett plays the blues with this type of feel usually as an encore during his solo concerts. Also a fan of how great guitarists like B. B. King, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan play the…
Careers in Jazz By Bill Anschell www.billanschell.com
Every year, university programs spit out thousands of jazz musicians sporting hard-earned diplomas and high hopes. But when these graduates hit the first formal rite of jazz passage –…
Hi vibes lovers today i'd like to show my personal reharmonization of Peace.
I've used 3 concept:
-Triton Substitutions
-Voice Leading reharm
-Chromatic Approach
Thanks a lot for watching and remember to follow me on Facebook, Instagram…
COMPING YOURSELF
Hi Guys this is the third lesson of a series called Comping 101 where I will cover a lot of the secret of this refined art.
This month I will cover some basic Ideas comping yourself
Comping yourself during heads and solos…
Autumn Leaves” - Applying voicing concepts as a means for solo playing. Voicings are played harmonically and linearly. The concepts are from by book Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist which is available from Amazon. Some of the concepts…
I know a lot of people use a RockNRoller or similar to transport their instruments, but I'm having trouble figuring it out. An M55 frame is 56 inches long. So if you lay it flat, you need the biggest model (60" base) and that doesn't leave…
Check out Vince Lardear. He came over tonight and did a whole video series on the bebop 7 scale. It was really great! I'll put it up soon!!!
I'll give a set of my mallets to the first person who transcribes the solo here and posts it! That…
I finally finished my new book and have settled on a title. The Shapes and Patterns of Music Prologue
The book is approximately 50 pages of nonstop exercise patterns. Great for reading and improvising. I hope you enjoy the workout! The…
Hi Folks,
Been vacant on the site here the last few months. Just wanted to take a minute and do a quick blog about what I've been doing in the shed the last few weeks.
This year I decided I wanted to be a stronger 2 mallet player. From…
While looking through old research files for my Ph.D. dissertation (1976) about the New York Jazz Community, I came across this program from a 1975 concert by David Friedman and David Samuels that I attended. I remember speaking with Dave…
My wife and I are passing through Spokane on vacation, and we visited the "Historic" Davenport Hotel, a hotel originally built in 1914 and then fully restored several years ago.
In the lobby is this picture of a vibraphonist in the house…
