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That was the conversation from this morning with Joe Locke, Ed Saindon, John Piper, Myself and a bunch of others!

We're having too much fun. Everybody was drinking coffee and tea and checking out the Latest Joe Locke videos. It was great for me to see those Giants Talking with each other.

What a great day. I picked up Joe Locke early today we had lunch and talked about stuff then picked up Patricia Franceschy and turned on the cams.

Joe is a wealth of information and a very courageous vibe player. Ask to him play and he'll just start. He has a very modern approach to harmony which was really exciting for me to hear.

He talks humbly about his 4 mallet playing but wait until you see some of these vids. His 4 mallet solo playing is spectacular.

He's had a GREAT career and has so much to offer.

Good food and I usually have a great bass player with me!! 11 till 3.

I'll be performing with 'Meg and the Cliftones'

Meg Clifton - vocals
Tony Miceli - Vibes
Kevin Hanson - Guitar
Jim Stager - Bass
Erik Johnson - Drums

We take old rock tunes and play them in a jazz format.

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Here I am comping over Green Dolphin Street. Nothing else just me comping. For me it's important to have to have a melody in the top voice and then fit everything in from the top down. Maybe it seems like the way to do that is from the bottom up? I disagree. This is not a piano, we can't make our voicings clear with a solid bass line. We need the upper partials to make it all happen. Does that make sense? If not discuss this with me.

Editorial Note: You could also use this to Play Along with!(TJ)