This was videotaped last week at the Vic Firth headquarters. We had a little time before we went live for the Facebook Live Stream so I ran through two of my favorite Xmas songs from the Charlie Brown Christmas recording by the great Vince…
---I say this ever time. Listen to this for one hour and you will have new vibes players and new CDs to check out. Gloria does all the curating for us.
Gloria is incredible.
--Tony Miceli
"Miss Otis Regrets" - composed by Cole Porter in 1934 for the revue Hi Diddle Diddle that opened at London's Savoy Theatre. I was made aware of the song by Keith Jarrett who played a gorgeous version for an encore at his Carnegie Hall…
These are one of my go-to sets of mallets when I'm using the pickup system on my vibes, but I recently tried them on marimba and I LOVED the sound I was getting.
A session in Palermo, Sicily from 1980 with Ray Brown, Monty Alexander and Grady Tate. Milt at his prime digs into a an old time classic - Poor Butterfly - with his usual brilliance. There are a few quotes from various other tunes…
I just purchased an old (1940s?) Ludwig vibraphone. It has a Bodine motor with an attachment that looks to me like a friction speed control. There is a knob you twist that presses a felt pad against a spinning disk to, I guessing, slow the…
Hello all,
Thanks to everyone who has responded thus far with ideas for my vibes history project (original post: https://www.vibesworkshop.com/blog-entry/new-vibraphone-history-project…)
As Tony mentioned in his December newsletter, I've…
hello, does anyone know where I might find a pedal for a three octave narrow bar JENCO? I have a photo of the vibes, but I'm not sure how to post a pic....i believe this model uses the pedal that goes all the way across and attaches…
Dampening on the Vibraphone - "You Must Believe In Spring" composed by Michel Legrand with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Playing the melody on this beautiful song with a focus on using a variety of dampening techniques throughout the…