This is my version of Ed's tune Life's Blessing. I've had a great time working on this fantastic song and just wanted to post where I'm at with it.
Reading the posts about Teddy Charles reminded me of my own relatively short but equally intense time of study with this great jazz iconoclast and master vibes player. When I was at Juilliard in the 60's, my teacher, Morris Goldenberg, decided at one point that it would be more appropriate for me to study with another teacher. I was already getting into jazz vibraphone and Moe was mainly a studio xylophone-percussion player. Don't get me wrong, he was great at what he did but he recognized that I needed something else that he couldn't give me, so what did he do?
There is a lot of video on YouTube with Mr. Burton and Pat Metheny. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=burton+metheny…
I love "Question and Answer". Such a great blowing vehicle and catchy tune put together.
Hey someone sent me this link:
http://ahsjazz.googlepages.com/youtubevideolinks
It's kind of handy even though they left Bobby of the Vibes list :o)!
Anyway, I clicked on Milt and this was the first vid that came up. Maybe you have already seen it?
Here's all the Friedman Dampening and Pedaling vids and audio lessons on the site. This a book all of us should work through and master.
If you play any of the etudes not on the list. Please record yourself and post your performance!
I have had an ongoing discussion with the handful of students and friends who have come to me over the years about the nature of what we are doing as jazz musicians, how to study it and how it fits into the whole music in general. Recently, Tony and I were discussing some of this offline and he encouraged me to put this out here in this forum for discussion.
I love that idea.
Check this Stefon Harris video out!
You guys have probably already seen this.....
The guy who posted this says
"yeah man...bobby hutcherson is a quiet flower cleaning the air we breath.... "