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Simple Etude. Play F# B C# E up and down your instrument. Try it fast. Hard right? I think of these as asymmetrical arpeggios.

Just do that for a few weeks and then come back to it, every now and then. I just did it yesterday and I sucked at it! Your turn!

Excellent exemple blend of time, feel and...joy !!!

Brad Mehldau is one of those guys that I don't always like to listen to. I don't really know why. I think some of what he plays may be too over my head for me to really appreciate. This, however, is breathtakingly beautiful. The mixture of very "in" sounds and incredibly dissonant, gut wrenching, "out" sounds is beautiful. Tension, release... stunning.

Hey everybody. I recently did a recording session with The University of South Carolina Palmetto Pans (steel pan group). USC is my alma mater and they invited me to be featured on one of the tunes of their upcoming album. I got emailed this by the studio a little with ago. I am happy with how it turned out. Hope ya dig it!

This is heavy stuff. If you don't know, Tom Harrell is schizophrenic. And as you can tell, it is to a serious debilitating degree. For him to overcome that and alcoholism, and continue to make music at the level he does is nothing short of incredible. This interview shows an incredibly deep and introspective side of a man who has suffered a lot. Even as a schizophrenic, I find the problems he describes going through resonated heavily with me because of my own experiences, and I'm sure many people feel the same way. Tom Harrell is one heavy guy.

Hey guys, here's a version of Jobim's great tune Triste.

Guys, here's another clip from the Berklee Percussion Festival concert. This clip is an original by Matt Marvuglio titled Why Cry. A very nice composition. We played this on the recording that Matt, Barry Smith and I did awhile ago. It's actually the title of the CD. If you want a lead sheet, just let me know. Ed

Here's a short clip of Pat Metheny and Chick Corea talking about their experiences playing with Burton.

Hi guys, here's a clip from a concert that we played on 6/20 at Berklee. The concert was part of the weeklong Percussion Festival that featured classes, ensembles, clinics and concerts. Gustavo Agatiello and I opened the week with a duo vibe performance on Monday at 10:30 AM.

About the band in this clip:

Matt Marvuglio is on flute. Matt is the Dean of the Performance Division at the college. We've been playing together for many years. He's a wonderful musician and flautist. We've been on many trips together for clinic/concerts and have had fun times hanging and playing.