I've transferred the Livestream video of a concert I played with the MetroWest Jazz Project at the Sunset Jazz series at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts to YouTube. It's mostly original material from our CD, "Phrygid Aire".
We have some…
In Part 2 of my Upper Structure series I use a Maj Triad built off of the 7th scale degree of a Major 7 chord.
So if we are playing a Cmaj the upper structure would be a Bmaj triad.
I use this mainly to suspend the Maj7th chord. So…
This summer for the third time, I spent a week at the University of Delaware for the summer vibraphone workshop. As usual, it was a great experience and completely worth it. If you're on the fence about going to a workshop, consider this…
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Hope you listened to the August show and heard Tony's album debut with the title track "Can't Find My Way Home." I plan to be at their Sept 20 gig in South Jersey and hoping maybe to get a piece into Jersey Jazz about it.…
I'll be Livestreaming my MetroWest Jazz Project gig from Sunset Jazz at the Hopkinton Center for the arts on Saturday, 10-Aug, from 7:00 to 8:30PM EDT. We'll be playing most of the tunes from our CD "Phrydig Aire" (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd…
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I had posted some other video from this concert last fall, but thought you might enjoy this tune. It's a great composition by Keith Jarrett, from a sometimes overlooked period of the 1970's that I think was one of the most…
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I was just thinking/talking about phrasing and how many notes one can fit into a phrase.
I always remember teachers and mentors telling me to play fewer notes when I was in school, however I would listen to them play and…
ive posted this in the lesson section mainly because this is more an practice session, rather than a performance. Each day i work on Gaint steps,countdown and rythmn changes to get my ear in tune .. i always make sure im singing or humming…
This is Andre Juarez from Brazil. He sounds great doesn't he?
I always listen to Bach and think about playing a tune solo. This is the technique to do it, right?
Here I provide a little insight into my teaching at the Musikhochschule Detmold. This is an excerpt of a concert at the Schlagzeughaus where I (left vibes) played with my student Andrey Doynikov (right vibes).
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This is a performance of the MOZART PIANO CONCERTO (KV415) by Andrey Doynikov & Detmold Percussion.
Listen to the fantastic accuracy in phrasing, dynamics and rhythm of the whole ensemble and the sensational virtuosity of Andrey…