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Playing some sound in my head, if you have time please leave comments! Thanks!

Marimba variations on Henry Mancini's "Moon River". Some spur of the moment improv on this classic song. I enjoy the orchestration potential, expansive range and varied colors of the marimba.

Jamey is one of the greatest innovators in jazz education. Back in the 1970's he started producing high quality playalong albums of jazz classics as practice aids for emerging young players. At the time, very few colleges had formal jazz programs, so many young players like myself, had only limited opportunities to actually play. These recordings were treasured and provided a great service to us.

“Lucky Southern” by Keith Jarrett. It’s been sort of a Berklee standard through the years. A fun song to play with an AABA form.

“Who Can I Turn To” - inspired by pianist Bill Evans’ version of this classic song. Focusing on some concepts from my upcoming book Solo Vibraphone Playing. The book will include many concepts from my studies with Gary Burton as well as many others gleaned from the many great jazz pianists. It may take awhile to get it out but stay tuned.

This is the second part of my lessons on my original composition - Solitude. I am talking about how to work on independence and finding balance between the four mallets.

If you are interested in downloading the sheet music for Solitude, it is available at:
https://www.tonymiceli.com/sheetmusic/solitude-by-morgan-walbridge

Full audio for Solitude is also available at:
http://morganwalbridge.bandcamp.com/track/solitude

This is the first part of my lessons on my original composition - Solitude. I am talking about how to practice playing and moving around open fifths. I use them throughout my piece as accompaniment and think they are a great tool to have for solo vibraphone.

If you are interested in downloading the sheet music for Solitude, it is available at:
https://www.tonymiceli.com/sheetmusic/solitude-by-morgan-walbridge

I'm almost done recording the first 20 (doing them in a weird order) and they are all somewhere on this site or on my YouTube channel.

I'm almost done recording the first 20 (doing them in a weird order) and they are all somewhere on this site or on my YouTube channel.