i was talking to a friend of me who plays in an orchestra which had a concert with evelyn glenni shortley. he told me that shes using the pedal with her left foot if shes playing in the high registers. sometimes if i play there i got…
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Cinema Paradiso: Modern Romantic Film Music of Ennio Morricone, Johnny Mandel & Henry Mancini w/Joe Locke, Geoffrey Keezer, George Mraz, Clarence Penn…
this piece was written by my friend and duo guitar duo partner jan bierther with me on vibes.
i post it as a special request by marie and hope you like it. auvergne is a special region in france unfortunatley i never was there till now but…
So a lot's been happening. Some behind the scenes, which is why I haven't been online as much as usual.
Here's the scoop:
First thanks to Joe Locke who talking with Nico Vanderplas and Bill Youhass agreed to send a 3.5 octave set of vibes…
At the end of my last lesson with Tony, he gave me two Bill Evans CD's to check out. One of them is Bill Evans' "Alone". Tony said that he learned to play solo vibes from this record.
As soon as a got home I checked it out. First of all, I…
Vibist Tom Beckham will be touring with drummer George Schuller's Circle Wide this month. This is a band which has been playing together for over 10 years heare in NYC /Northeast and released 2 CD' on Playscape Recordings.
This special…
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.
Isn't that an incredible quote. I found online with no source. That's what music is to me. To me that's what we're all trying to do through improv. That's why I…
Like most people, in December and January I sent some greetings cards, to family or friends, by post or internet, in France or all over the world...
I got replies from nearly all of them, but the most unexpected one must have been this one…
So I spent 16 hours today, switching my basement (ahem, video studio) around. I know have a bigger space as my house is on an angle street, so one side of the house is wider than the other.
Should be totally cool for the vibe hang. Much…
Hi all!
Yesterday I've been at Porgy&Bess (www.porgy.at) - the most important jazzclub here in Vienna where Bosko Petrovic Trio (vib, git , bass)played. These guys blew me away! Maybe someone of you have seen Bosko - he is 74 years old…
I was listening to my iTunes this morning and this track came up in the shuffle. I figured I would share it. I recorded this with the University of Texas at Arlington Jazz Orchestra in 2006. I am playing the vibes and all the percussion…
The most obvious Valentines Day tune is "My Funny Valentine". Are there others?
I put the changes into Band-in-a-Box and had fun with "My Funny Valentine". I'll probably do another take though.
How about posting your version or another…
" The Cookie" some fun with reason 4 ... the vibe trax was a sampled plug in. played on my casio...lol.... technology is an amazing thing .. such a long ways from the atari st40
the song has ended up as a the backing music to a dvd series…
the works of mingus has been a profound influence on my musical concept as a whole. Not only was it mingus himself as a player and composer but rather his personel, so many amazing improviser.... Aways this my stab at this tune ... very…
If you're coming to my house Sunday, you should probably try and be here by noon. I'll have pizza and soda. That will give us an hour to get settled.
IF YOU'RE BROADCASTING FROM YOUR OWN HOME. You have to sign up at mogulus.com and send me…
Here's part 2 of the "rhythm changes 1" etude. Here's a chorus of comping to check out and study. I have right above are all the parts together. You can print out the score to the comping and listen.
Below is the PDF score of the comping…
Here is a two part etude on rhythm changes. The first is a solo with a pdf of the transcription.
Part 2 is a chorus of comping with the transcribed music in a pdf from.
Also are audio files with all the parts and then without the play…
I was going through some old finale files and came across some charts i did for a recording project in 1999 called "April Sessions"
This session is special to me because the pianist on this record, Bobby Peterson, was a local treasure - a…
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