A Canadian player who has played with many greats includung Benny Goodman. Here it looks like he's having fun. Nice understated sound.
Hi all!
I'm sitting at home grounded with a bad cold so I got more time than usual to post here.
Someone at TheVibe.net reported that he recently acquied a 4-octave DeMorrow vibraphone - is there anyone familiar with this brand? Any opinions? Nico?
Well, I am an old gear head
cheers Stefan
Can you cats fill me in? I just downloaded 'Guys and Dolls Love the Vibes'.
I happened upon this clip on YouTube from 1998. It features vibes/percussion master Emil Richards, Joe Porcaro on drums and a young conguero, Cosimo Lampis. This is from a master class in Sardinia (wherever that is!). I think this is one of Emil's original tunes. Great stuff!
Check out this etude by Raphael Meinhart.
ok, so i just read where Tony says "i still don't understand why more players are not blogging here, posting examples of things they're working on. i'm clueless." so...I'm not shy, here's what i'm working on.
about a month ago, i thought i would transcribe the Tom Harrel solo on "i remember you", but first i needed to learn it. I learned it in one key, and then discovered it is in another on the video (a flat).
Hey VW's if you like these, let me know and I will do more like this.
Here is the sheet music to the transcription I performed in the video here:
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/sword-whispers-solo-transcription-pr…
This is a superb solo by Joe Locke from his Sticks and Strings album available through:
http://www.JoeLocke.com
I was talking with Joe tonight about Bobby. Joe played a cool lick on the phone and we were both playing vibes and he was talking about the lick. It was cool.
Then he brought up Kenny Garrett's 'Beyond the Wall' and Bobby's playing on it. I had it but never really gave it a good listen to. He talked about how the album was made with the band and background vocals. That got me intrigued so I dug it out.
Most of us voice from the bottom up, right? C maj 7, we hit the C and build up from there.
Try voicing from the top down. See the B or the D and then fill in the rest of the chord. It's not easy to switch, but it will REALLY help your playing..