Hey everyone, on sat Nov. 12 we are trying to a range a hang to go see Gary play at the blue note in ny with chick corea. So far its me and tony, anyone else interested?!
I was looking at some things today on the site. I found out a couple things. We have over 6,000 individual posts on the site and over 24,000 comments.
Those are very rough figures but they give an idea of what's here. There is a LOT of…
I went shopping for a van ramp this morning for my Hammond organ. Although I haven't made a purchase yet, I wanted to share a little bit of what I learned.
Past threads have discussed moving the vibes assembled (my preference) versus…
I really don't post too much in this blog, so here is a shorty on what we're doing at this moment at vanderPlas Baileo.
We started to have montly clinics at our facility in Sassenheim, generally every first Saturday of the month. This…
Hi everyone,
It's short notice, but I will be playing at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC tonight, and you can watch it through a live stream. Just go to www.smallsjazzclub.com and click on the live feed tab. Starts at 9:30PMest. The group is…
I have a lead sheet from an old song book but I don't think it has the right changes.
I found this online. Are these correct?
Key of Eb 4/4
Pickup | G7 |
[ Cm Fm7 | Fm7 Bb7 |…
Oh man this is so unbelievable. Terry Pollard is a smoking pianist and then she gets on the vibes and tears it up with Terry Gibbs. And Gibbs is a monster on this!!!
I died when i heard this!!!
Maybe you guys already saw this before (Marciac 2007). Dana sent it to me yesterday: love it!! :o)
Gary? Are you both still sharing that kind of fun moment on stage? ;-)
This is beautiful!! Illya Amar worked on that Chaplin film "Easy Street" and played solo vibes on the whole movie. This vid is an excerpt. I warmly invite you to watch it entirely (around 20 mn?) from his website: http://www.illyaamar.com/…
So we're about to start studying chords and harmony. In my usual fashion I have no idea what we're going to do. I figure it's like this: There are a lot of vibe players here and we can collectively use all our minds together and really…
Hi All,
Today, Monday, I am on a clear liquid diet. Tomorrow is the big day. I will be off the board probably for a day and a half and then I will be back. When I come back, that means I am alive and well (automatically). It has been…
Here's a version of Lush Life from a while back. I was working on 2 things here. You'll here the octaves as soon as the main melody starts and you'll hear me going into the stride stuff after a while.
I always try and play some tunes as if…
Hi All,
I'm happy to tell you all that I will be playing Dana's and Marie-Noelle's "Soulflakes" in my December show. Dana has also given me permission to play his "Christmas Time Is Here."
I'll post more about the show in a few weeks.
Hi All,
Here's the November 6 and 9 line-up:
Behn opens the show with "Overcooked."
Then David Friedman with "Rios."
Gary Burton/Rebecca Parris and "Au Privave."
Pat Metheny and "Blues for Pat" (no vibes)
Cecelia Smith
Arturo Serra debuts…
in my lesson we talked about approaching practicing for a little, and tony reminded me of a bill evans quote.
"It's better to practice one tune for 24 hours than it is to practice 24 tunes in an hour."
I'm guessing he didn't mean…
Here N°6. The tempo is slow in relation at what is indicated on the book, but no way to play faster. Since the N° 7 is with the same melody, I hope speed will increase with time. Reducing to MP3 format make loose some of the nuances.
