Here's the link for the practice club invite.
https://discord.gg/CTx6wv8PH?event=1557784898096599182
Our first class is Oct 18th, 1pm Eastern U.S.
If you are serious about playing the vibes join us! It's free as long as you do the work!
Gary Burton with the Stan Getz Quartet in 1966 — his vibraphone solo on "The Sunset Bell," the tune he made his own, captured by the BBC at the London School of Economics. A clear look at the four-mallet style he was building that year.
Warren Wolf featured with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band on "I Can't Get Started," recorded January 2025 in Frankfurt. Worth studying for how he projects the vibraphone through a full big band.
🎵 Play A Great Standard In One Month – Stella – Week 4
Last week, we worked through a full chorus of "Stella By Starlight" using clear, relatively simple melodic ideas. The goal was to hear the harmony through basic scale and chord tones without feeling like every phrase needed to be a complicated bebop line.
This week, we're taking that same basic framework and adding another layer:
👉 Chromaticism.
A solo that Tony played that I comped under (or over, I guess)
So What - head; transcribed solo; improvised solo; head
Audio is from iReal Pro
🎵 Play A Great Standard In One Month – Stella – Week 3
Over the past two weeks, we've been developing our approach to "Stella By Starlight" through voicings and chord melody.
Week 1 established our harmonic foundation, while Week 2 explored how to combine those voicings with the melody to create a complete arrangement.
This week, we're shifting our attention to improvisation.
👉 Finding clear melodic lines.
🎵 Play A Great Standard In One Month – Stella – Week 2
Last week, we began our study of "Stella By Starlight" by developing a practical set of voicings through the entire form.
This week, we're taking those voicings and putting them into a more musical context:
👉 A basic chord melody.
Circle of 4ths with various chord types.