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Nicolas Farrugia soloing over "I wish" from Stevie Wonder

Hello Vibes Workshop !

I was doing a gig yesterday with some students from a "conservatoire" in Paris, we were playing at the auditorium of the conservatoire...
We played some pop songs. I played marimba. (BTW I have to get the vibes player on the site)

Here is an excerpt "I wish", from Stevie Wonder.

Enjoy !

Nicolas Farrugia

My Funny Valentine by Dave Kemp (latin arrangement)

Here is a live performance of an arrangement of My Funny Valentine. This was the first tune we played at this gig and we were having all sorts of issues with sound and monitoring levels ...... basically we couldn't hear each other so its pretty loose at first, but thought I'd share it anywyay to give you an idea of the sound of the group and concept of my latin jazz project Latin Vibe. Plus my piano player kept comping all the time even though we worked out to take it in turns !!!

History of Mallet Instruments, Part One - Tuned Wooden Instruments

This article will delve into the family of mallet instruments made of tuned wooden bars, and will take a look at three locations where these instruments are prevalent - North America (jazz and classical), Africa (Shona music), and Central America (Guatamalan folk music). This is not meant to be an exaustive list, but will serve to highlight the vastly different music that has evolved in these places, and the fascinating variety of instruments that have been designed to play the music.