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Sunday June 21st at 4pm EST
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Happy to be part of the Brooklyn Public Library Classical Interludes series, performing a solo concert with repertoire ranging from jazz standards to originals and even a Greek classic. Enjoy!
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* YouTube premier: https://youtu.be/6JbPgD5v7FE

Hello all,

My third "How to Play Vibes Like" video is going to focus on Bud Powell, one of my favorite pianists whom I have studied the most. There's a lot that us vibes players aren't able to compete with Bud Powell on -- our range is limited, we have fewer notes, he has two fully independent hands, etc. However, in these videos I'll try and show you what exactly I think we can translate over -- whether we have to change it a bit or keep it identical -- so that we can add some new devices to our collective skillset as vibraphonists.

#21 of Friedman's book. I like the three jazz etudes.

#11 in my quest to complete Friedman's book.

#6 in my quest to complete Friedman's book.

"I Hear A Rhapsody" - from a social distancing session yesterday in the home studio with Mark on bass, Gustavo on piano and myself on vibes. Lot of fun. After that we hung outside on the deck (with Lisa and Pam) and had takeout from Li's (our 10 year gig run and still going hopefully after this is over).

"How Insensitive" - from a social distancing session yesterday in the home studio with Mark on bass, Gustavo on piano and myself on vibes. Lot of fun. After that we hung outside on the deck (with Lisa and Pam) and had takeout from Li's (our 10 year gig run and still going hopefully after this is over).

This is Claudia by Chucho Valdes. Such a beautiful tune. Found it in the Latin Real Book.
https://www.amazon.com/Latin-Real-Book-Hal-Leonard/dp/0634006916/

Me on piano and vibes. Squawking birds by nature :-(

Enjoy,
Barry

Late night musings on “I Fall In Love Too Easily”.

Once through the Intro and melody on vibes, then vocals with iReal running. This is pretty much the way our old folks band, the Second Winds, usually plays, first the melody, then vocals, then various instruments taking a ride on the melody. The timing glitches and other glitches are evident in the vibes section. Listening to yourself in recording makes sense, but can be painful. The lyrics have been greatly changed, apologies to Lorenz Hart. The original lyrics may have made more sense in the context of the Broadway play where this music first appeared.