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I just got the info through FB... Teddy Charles left us on Monday at age 84...
Here is a link about it: http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2012/04/31512/jazz-great-teddy-char…
And a link to what we have about him on the site: http://www.vibesworkshop.com/node/6887/
RIP...
Hi everyone, here's a clip from a recent concert performing my composition Hope. The lead sheet can be downloaded from my website. Here's the link: http://www.edsaindon.com/documents/hope.pdf
Hi Everyone,
Good Vibes enters its THIRD YEAR with the May 6th (and 9th) program.
These are all favorites from the past year, although as I will say in the show itself, it is always a challenge to cull the playlist down to ONLY 20 tunes. Tony's "Blue Skies" with vocalist Libby McDowell gets a replay, as does Joe Locke's "The English Patient," David Friedman's "Los Them," Behn's "The Dog Days," and 16 more.
It's been a great, fun two years. Thank you to all of you for support.
gloria
www.jazzon2.org
Good Vibes airs on the first Sunday of the month, 8-10 pm eastern time
Vic Firth just finished editing this clip. The playing was taped at Berklee in one of the percussion department studios and the interview was taped at the VF office. The tunes that I'm playing in the clip are Black Orpheus and Somewhere Over the Rainbow on vibes and Ain't Misbehavin' and St. Thomas on marimba.
Man, it's the end of the semester here. I'm working my ass off between gigs, students, classes and setting up my summer.
Musicians HAVE to think at least one season ahead. It's spring and if it isn't happening it probably won't. Get to summer. I bet the heavy cats are thinking 2 seasons or a year ahead. OK.
Anyway, let me officially announce we are working on Rhythm changes now. This is our tune of the month, officially.
So, why don't you guys blog about rhythm changes. What do you want to know? What do you think about??
Guys, here's a version of Ellington's Take The A Train. A Train is one of those tunes that can sound cheesey if you play too diatonic and "in". The changes are fairly diatonic, so if you just play chord tones and diatonic scales, it will sound pretty in. There are some techniques that we can use to venture out of the tonal area of the changes. Here are some ideas:
Improv techniques to get out of the key:
Leaning on chromatic approach notes to target notes (G# to A on C6)
Leaning on tensions (especially altered tensions on Dom 7 chords)
This is a promo video of the recording of '15', the new album of VinnieVibes, produced by bandleader and composer Vincent Houdijk.
The album will be released this year, the last steps are being made as we speak.
For more info http://www.vinnievibes.com
Enjoy,
Vincent Houdijk
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major-Sarabande
Carmine Fusaro
Univ. of Delaware
