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Take a break, this is really funny.

This is a great video of Gary sitting in with a big band in poland.

Thanks to tifoo for finding this.

I exchanged a couple nice emails with Gary Burton. He was suprised to see his video of Chega. I would imagine that that would be pretty heavy if you didn't know it existed and saw it after all this years. That's the 60's?

I'm a Gary fan from way back. When I first heard Chega, I almost cried and died. I had never thought it was possible to do that on the instrument. I'm not alone am I?

Joe's off in Idaho or somewhere playing a tribute to Lionel Hampton. I told him he better smile and grunt alot. Any other advice for Joe. I hope he plays Stardust. I know one of his solos is a transcribed Lionel solo!! I would LOVE to hear Joe copping a Lionel solo.

I just wanted to pass along a message to everyone. The site is growing, and there are a lot of high profile vibe players starting to check out the site. I'm getting email from many of these guys, some are already here. I grant them all full access to the site and ask and hope they'll get involved a little. I'm asking them to use their real names for OUR benefit, not theirs. I think when you guys see Joe Locke on the site that it's probably pretty inspiring. How about when you see Joe, Ed, Friedman,Piper and Mainieri all on the site at the same time. That's an amazing roundtable, huh?

I just received a gift in the mail - a CD of Ed Saindon in concert @ the University of
New Hampshire, w/ Dave Liebman, Matt Wilson and David Clark. Beautiful concert, replete with
gorgeous originals("The Last Goodbye", "Hope", "The Healing") and re-imagings of standards
("Moon River", "Green Dolphin Street"). There's a solo/duet version of "Black Orpheus" which really shows how the grown-ups do it ... intense listening going on between Ed and

Hi all,

It’s a long time since I wished I could share the attached file with you. It’s in my "special collection" and I love it.

Last April when Joe Locke came to Paris his gig with the Moutin Brothers was recorded on the radio. Of course, I was there… and Florian too!

This is Joe’s solo intro piece... in full... and beautiful!

It fits rightly with Dana’s recent drop 2 lessons and Joe agreed that I posted it... I’m thrilled!

Enjoy!

P.S. : Jean-Michel, listen to what you missed! :o)

Check this Stefon Harris video out!

A colleague of mine is active in a site for Progressive Rock fans. We finally found a link between both our passions: a PR band with mallet percussions!

Don’t expect the vibes to be a star there. It’s first of all Progressive Rock:

- Guitars rule: bass, acoustic and electric guitar, chapman stick, warr guitar, and an instrument unique in the world: The Leode. That very large handled guitar, created by the player himself, after he had lost the use of his left arm in a road accident.