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Solo vibraphone rendition of Astor Piazzolla's beautiful composition Chiquilin De Bachin.

Just discovered him. Enjoy !

I wanted to say that David's new recording Weaving Through Motion is a fantastic recording. Masterful and creative playing with a gorgeous recording sound of the vibes and marimba. I downloaded it from Amazon. Highly recommended. Ed

im looking for a mallet bag. Tony, i remember you mentioning that Beiner bags were working on a special bag for you. Is that goin to be out soon? I miss my leather barrel style bag i had years ago .. does anyone know where to get those?

Hello everyone. Last year at the World's Vibe Congress we discussed, among a multitude of other topics, how to create greater exposure for the vibraphone. One of the possibilities we discussed was creating new pieces and works which feature the vibraphone by skilled composers. Over the past 8 months my percussion trio, Portal Percussion, has been working with Colleen Clark, a musician & composer based in NYC, on creating a piece of music which embodies the spirit of the discussion last January.

What does the piece entail?

Exploring on solo vibraphone with a rubato version of Keith Jarrett's Coral. Focusing on motives, dampening and four mallet techniques.

Hey all, he may not be a vibes player, but Herbie Hancock is an artist I'm guessing we all love, admire, and have been influenced by...
so here's my review of his new autobiography, "Possibilities". Hope you enjoy it

Herbie Hancock’s Possibilities
-Reviewed by Anthony Smith

Finally got some videos edited from a show I did a while back, here in NYC with Kevin Hays (piano), Michael Blanco (bass), and Mark Ferber (drums)
This is a re-imagining of Coltrane's "26-2"...
Hope you all dig it!

You guys inspired me to work on "It's You Or
No One"...
I haven't shed it yet, but here's my first pass
playing along with Aebersold!
I think those guys might speed up a little bit during
this take! :-D

(Tony, I'm still trying to flatten that 2 mallet out! Getting
better, but still a work in progress)