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I played jazz at a funeral today. And I was late because someone died on the way to the gig. Right on the street, and I got stuck behind the ambulance that was in the middle of the road. I couldn't back up because of the line of cars behind me.

There was this dead guy and then the dead guy at the funeral. This was weird. What pissed me off was that the ambulance blocked the street even after everyone knew that the guy was dead. They all sat there looking at him and talking... and of course looking at the growing line of cars.

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Ahmad Jamal and Gary Burton play a tune called "One", not the one from "A Chorus Line."
This is from the early eighties at a foreign jazz festival. I'm not sure if it's Montreux. This tune has an African flavor to it. I have the LP from which this performance is taken. Jamal and Burton have never worked together before and, to my knowledge hadn't worked together since.

This is funny. Duet by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. But both playing on one vibraphone!!

I live in Amsterdam and living in Amsterdam means that you can't really practice at home. At least not where I practice and especially not if you also play drums and live with your girlfriend who doesn't have a dayjob like me(musician).

Famed Philadelphia Jazz Saxophone legend LARRY MCKENNA will conduct an online Masterclass Oct. 29th at 7:00 PM EST at www.larrysimprovpage.com

The class is based on jazz improvisation but applicable to all styles of music and highly recommended by ALL of www.vibesworkshop.com faculty members.

The workshop will take place at www.larrysimprovpage.com

I can't resist posting you this vid of Ed Saindon in duet and trio!
Shame on me, I don't know that much of his musical recordings, but I truly dig this performance!
And with a special "best of" for me with the third sample, around 4"44: there's so much fun and mischeviousness in that one: they look like kids! :o) I love it!

I really like this because this young teenager totally has the bebop stuff down. Really cool!

This is a clip from the 1960's featuring Canadian jazz musician Don Thompson on vibes. Don is a quadruple threat on vibes, piano, bass and drums and plays them all with virtuosic aplomb. He started out as a bassist with the John Handy Quartet in San Francisco, though he was a professional by age 20. He did a long tenure with Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, first as a percussionist, then as a bassist and finally as a pianist.

Tony asked me to write a little about my book,”Vibraphone Technique, dampening and pedaling“; how it came about, what motivated me to write it, etc.