Solo vibe feature from my concert at the Theatre de la Licorne in Cannes, France which took place on October 8th, 2017. Special thanks to Andres Ramos (Professor and Head of Percussion - Cannes Conservatoire), Bergerault, Vic Firth, the…
I just wanted to make a small suggestion related to the "Vocal Phrasing" video lessons. There are more to come and although I could have provided a pdf of what I played, I think it's important to transcribe what you think would be worth…
This clip is from Ralph Gleason's PBS show Jazz Casual from 1962. I always thought of this piece as the "odd man out" in the repertoire of the Modern Jazz Quartet only because you don't think of them as playing Ornette Coleman's music.…
For me there was a whole study around comping on the vibes. Comping is just Accompaniment. No rules.
So how do you play alternate sticking and comp. Well I use mallet number 1. I tie it in with Mallet number to
I count the sticks left to…
Hi Guys here 's my vibraphone solo version of the famous jazz standard "On Green Dolphin Street". I was unsure about the key to choose so I played half on C and Half on Eb!!!
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After viewing the video, check out the attached PDF. See where you can apply this great sound to the study tune I created. Post your results by Friday morning and I will check in :)
This is the pilot episode from the late fifties detective series Johnny Staccato, played by John Cassavetes. He's a former jazz pianist turned detective. At Waldo's, the bar he likes to frequent and sit in, there's another house band…
Triad Pairs are a cool notion. After this lesson you can probably make up your own.
WHOOOPS! IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS I SAY CMAJ AND CMIN I MEAN C MAJ AND DMIN.
ALSO SEE THE ATTACHED FILE BELOW FOR A QUICK LOOK AT TRIAD PAIRS.
Remember…
This is from the 1958 series Peter Gunn, where the house band in the series features Lola Albright on vocals and Victor Feldman on vibes. Note the interplay between Victor and Lola on this excellent "cool" rendition of "How High The Moon…
If you're old enough, you probably remember back in the 80's when there was a popular advertising campaign for Windy's that coined the phrase "Where's the beef?" I've found that the current state of affairs in music has a relationship to…
This is a demonstration/lesson about harmonizing the blues scale to create chord solos. I hear this a lot in piano players and big band writing. It can be a little tricky to move chords around on the vibes quickly, but it works pretty well…
