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…
This is a recording from a rehearsal. No, reverb, no editing, nothing. Just one time through. I like the intimate way the band is interacting combined with the group time feel. Hope you like it.
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for those of you interested in a beautiful marimba in Germany or Netherlands, Belgium and France, please do read on:
With a broken heart I´ve decided to sell my Marimba. It was the official Keiko Abe instrument, which she used…
Hi vibes lovers today i'll talk about John Coltrane one of the most innovative musician in modern jazz:
i'll explain you the theory behind his harmonic world starting from one of his greatest tune called Giant Steps.
Coltrane…
This is the final upgrade of this year for this vibe. I'm heading out for another 8 to 9 month deployment to Antarctica but when I return (in Mid-July, 2018), I'll put the final toughes on this instrument and make 5 to 10 frames that will…
Today I showed up at AJR Metal Works parking lot (Dallas) for an impromptu concert to demonstrate and play a couple pieces for the great employees who helped machine parts for my two vibraphones - USA Vibe and Antarctic Vibe. This (…
I met Miss Jones this morning (and all at once I lost my breath, and all at once was scared to death), and then I e-mailed the vibes-bass-dms track to my friend J.B. down in the South of France. JB put the piano on top. The ending is one…
Come Rain Or Come Shine by Harold Arlen (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - working on some improv and reharm concepts from my improv series The Complete Guide To Improvisatiion (3 out of 4 volumes currently available). Great song by…
THE VIBE is getting closer to what I want in an instrument! You're seeing it here as it develops.
Last year when I was deploying to Antarctica for the second time, I built a new vibraphone to take with me (this isn't it). As usual, I was…
Check out the sound track. Great! Here's what my buddy John Keene wrote me.
This is the season 1 finale of Peter Gunn (episode 38 which is hard to believe they used to do 35+ episodes per season for these old shows). There are a few…
