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Other solo marimba clips are up on my You Tube marimba channel and FB marimba page.

Excerpt of Chega from our local gig last Saturday night.

I was looking through a friend's photos and it reminded me of my solo vibe version of "It Might As Well Be Spring" that I recorded back in 2006. I hope you enjoy the added visual by my good friend Mark Bennett.

From gig with Mark in Haverhill, MA at a local Asian restaurant.

Nice song by Benny Carter. It starts on the four chord as in "Just Friends". I think it's fun and helpful to think about all of the tunes that start on various chords like the IV chord. Another example would be to call tunes that start on the II7 like "But Not For Me" or "Our Love is Here to Stay". Might make for a fun post. Ed

Clip of Mark and I playing Henry Mancini's great song "The Days of Wine and Roses". Taking after Bill Evans' great version, we play the first half of the tune in F and then modulate to Ab for the 2nd half. I like doing this. It feels like it gives a lift to the tune. Bill does this also with Like Someone in Love. He was a master of playing standards in unusual keys and various modulations.

I love Mark's comment at the end of the clip. Other clips from the gig are up on YT and include All The Things You Are, Darn That Dream, Body and Soul, Topsy and Wave.

Excerpt of All The Things You Are from gig. Always a treat for me to play duo with Mark. And always a fun night to play at Li's (15 minutes from the house) and hang with family and friends. Thanks to Michael DeBruyckere for recording the night.

Hey guys, here's a clip that I recorded at Berklee this past year which was shot by the Vic Firth production team. Next clip to be released will be a solo marimba clip of Gershwin's classic "Summertime". In the clips, I'm using new mallets that I designed and have been using for awhile now. I was at the Vic Firth headquarters yesterday going over the details of the mallet. The mallets should be out in a month or two. Best, Ed

Let me know your thoughts!

This clip shows some simple examples to get a pseudo-salsa piano comping sound on the vibes. I've included a basic idea and a few variations. The last example is more of an exercise or short etude, and a transcript pdf file of that one is attached.