History

Hey Vibes Workshop

A note regarding the vibes in the sixties.

The link above is to the only live footage I can find of the Tim Hardin band that played on the live Tim Hardin 3 concert. You'll see that in the opening and closing shots, Mike Mainieri plays the vibes as he did on the original album.

You probably don't know much about Dick Richardson, who passed away last week. He is the guy who built Musser into a major company.  Dick bought the Musser Company from Claire Musser back in the 50s sometime, when the company typically was selling about 50 vibraphones each year.  

Can you cats fill me in? I just downloaded 'Guys and Dolls Love the Vibes'.

I happened upon this You Tube clip commemorating Victor Feldman's posthumous induction into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. A fitting tribute to a musical genius and icon who was removed from us too young.

As some of you know, I work in an association for blind peole. Our neighbour is a school for blind teenagers where I sometimes go to attend "lunch break gigs". So I was really happy when Steve and Gary started talking about blind mallet players!

One of our former Secretary General wrote a book on blind musicians in history. I had a look at it, found no vibist, but the following names in the "Jazz" chapter:

- Jefferson "Blind Lemon": guitar / vocals (blues)
- Terry Saunders Teddell "Sonny": harmonica / vocals (blues)

ME AND THE DUKE

Dana talks about a Mexican Marimba, how it's made and how to hold 3 sticks in one hand.

PART 4

Academic but still might be interesting to anyone studying Giant Steps.

Doc Chittum is a very loved faculty member at Uarts. He does a lecture each year where he ties Giant Steps all the way back to Mozart. The lecture is pretty amazing. This is a 4 part excerpt from the lecture. In the lecture he hands out music and shows this lineage that's really incredible!