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Clip of Mark and I playing Henry Mancini's great song "The Days of Wine and Roses". Taking after Bill Evans' great version, we play the first half of the tune in F and then modulate to Ab for the 2nd half. I like doing this. It feels like it gives a lift to the tune. Bill does this also with Like Someone in Love. He was a master of playing standards in unusual keys and various modulations.

I love Mark's comment at the end of the clip. Other clips from the gig are up on YT and include All The Things You Are, Darn That Dream, Body and Soul, Topsy and Wave.

Excerpt of All The Things You Are from gig. Always a treat for me to play duo with Mark. And always a fun night to play at Li's (15 minutes from the house) and hang with family and friends. Thanks to Michael DeBruyckere for recording the night.

hey,

here´s a song i recorded and did the video for latley.hope you like it!
cok cabuk is turkish and means very fast :)

tarik

Hey guys, here's a clip that I recorded at Berklee this past year which was shot by the Vic Firth production team. Next clip to be released will be a solo marimba clip of Gershwin's classic "Summertime". In the clips, I'm using new mallets that I designed and have been using for awhile now. I was at the Vic Firth headquarters yesterday going over the details of the mallet. The mallets should be out in a month or two. Best, Ed

Let me know your thoughts!

What a lovely song ! I play all the parts in this one. I'm a pretty good guitar player on MIDI keyboard ! hahaha ! ;o)

Because you're not in an environment where you are playing and keeping your hands in shape.

If you can blow over Cherokee at 300 BPM then you probably don't have to play technical exercises if you don't want to. You can just blow over tunes and work out your hands.

But for a lot of players new to the instrument you can't do that, so then it's important to play scales and other technical exercises and to work up speed.

Not much more to say about that. IMHO :)

The arts organization in my hometown, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, is nearing completion on a new performance center and instruction facility. I'm setting up Internet access and internal wiring for them and I'd love to be able to set up some sort of live video streaming. Does anyone have any hints on best services/practices etc.?

Hey,
Here´s more from our last gig of the zappa band.this time with extensive vibes solos :)
hope you like it...
tarik