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Bud Powell by Gary Burton & Chick Corea (1980)

I was watching this video and thinking about ALL the different types of sets Gary has played on. I'm sure he wouldn't carry his everywhere.

I was wondering what he had to go up against sometimes?

I know our school lent him a Musser that wasn't in great shape. the legs were bent in and bending. It would have worked fine but might have looked a bit odd on stage!

springtime

winter is almost gone i thought its time to make a solo vibe version of tune i wrote few years ago called "spring time". inspired by tonys cherokee etude with the walking bass i tried to apply it here in the b part. man thats so hard for me to do (as you can hear). i worked on it the whole week and its still not without mistakes but i dont care.

another problem for me with this tune was that i get faster while playing it.i practized with metronom but if i do wihout i always rush, maybe i hear it that fast in my head but just can´t play it.anyway here it is...

Alternate Mode.tv

Helllo all. We are going to have a live internet tv station every Wednesday night a starting at 7 PM. The site is alternatemode.tv

It is a mogulus station. If you want to participate and perform live, let me know (mariokatman@gmail.com)

Besides performances, it will be a place to get your questions answered live. The focus for now will be the malletKAT.

Hope to see you there.