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“In Your Quiet Place” by Keith Jarrett. One of my favorite songs from Keith. I remember working on it quite a bit during lessons way back with Gary. Of course, the recording of this song by Keith and Gary is a favorite as well as Gary’s solo renditions. Lately I’ve been listening to Keith’s version from a live concert recorded in 1975 in Munich. It is brilliant. I posted the audio clip on my page last week. I noticed some of the changes are a little different than the changes in the Real Book. I’m using here what Keith used from that Munich concert.

By Antonio Carlos Jobim

Less bossa nova, more legato meets ballad...

"The Folks Who Live on the Hill" - a superb ballad with beautiful lyrics and a great melody. Written in 1937 with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Jerome Kern. Keeping it pretty simple here with two choruses close to the melody. Enjoying playing the melody more in the upper register with this vibraphone.

I decided to do an impromptu solo vibe clinic on my way through New Zealand.

Would you mind going an liking this video on youtube?

It's my nephew. I lent him a vibraphone and he made a video about it. I just thought it would be nice to get him some likes. He's a tech kid, very smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMYKeCmVWVw&feature=em-uploademail

With Julian Lage, Scott Colley and Antonio Sanchez.
Killer stuff!

"'Round Midnight" by Thelonious Monk - After 43 straight years of teaching at Berklee, I'm officially on a sabbatical for the upcoming Fall semester. My sabbatical project is the recording of videos that feature solo vibraphone techniques along with the application of improvisational concepts from my 4 volume series The Complete Guide To Improvisation. Some of the concepts in this clip include the application of Upper Structure Triads, the Symmetrical Diminished scale and the Pentatonic b2 scale.

I am honored to have been a part of this beautiful project.

A little warmup on the marimba this morning playing Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Chega de Saudade” before putting in a full day of teaching at Berklee in Boston. Using my signature (M39) mallets from Vic Firth.

"Deborah's Theme" by Ennio Morricone. A beautiful theme from the movie "Once Upon A Time In America". This is an arrangement that I wrote for my upcoming book Pedaling and Dampening for the Vibraphone. I loved the theme when I heard it and so many others of the great composer. The piece involves a variety of dampening techniques that will be covered in the book including slide dampening, hand dampening and pivot dampening. Much of the exercises, etudes and pieces are written and I just started to chip away at the text. Fun but challenging stuff.