Over the last few weeks, I've been recording some xmas carols on facebook for my grandson to enjoy listening to, by way of his mom sharing the video (he's only 9 months old!). :) This was the last. Hope everyone is well and enjoys the holiday!
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Gary Miller (gmstxfour)
Mini-concert of 3 classics:
• Corcovado (Jobim)
• Gentle Rain (Luiz Bonfá)
• How Insensitive (Jobim)
Solo version of "But Beautiful" with voicings from my book Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist available on Amazon. The book contains a written out chorus of the melody along with voicings, notated mallet dampening and reharm.
A quick & dirty video of a tune I haven't played for a long time. A couple friends were killing on this last night at the local jazz club so I wanted to relearn it!
This 4-mallet balafon improvisation, from my CD “The Turning,” marks my first attempt to use 4 heavy balafon mallets to fire up groove and energy in 4/4. The 4-mallet approach on the more ancient instrument inspired the idea to incorporate other mallets on vibes, beginning my experimentation with leather-headed mallets custom made in India (my “3 ballads” post tells more of the leather mallet story). To build the Woodwork arrangement, I layered wood-related percussion including cajon, cascara (sticks), clave and seed pods.
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" by Felix Mendelssohn - A solo vibraphone rendition of this classic for the holidays. Here's my take on it with some "off the cuff" theme and variations as well as a little counterpoint. Hope you enjoy it. Happy Holidays!
hey, sorry i'm late...
i did:
folks on the hill
lulu swing
and xmas time is here
except with folks on the hill, i tried to play songs that i've never played live in a solo version so i have nothing arrangend. that makes it more challening to me.
critic meeee... ;)