Vibraphone

Yes another great thing about the site is I get to meet people with great Vibe stories!

I'm talking to the daughter of Jerry Shard. He was a vibe player from back in the day and he was on Capitol Records AND did a tribute to Adrian Rollini. That's pretty cool huh? They have the record on cassette and I'm trying to get a copy along with photos for the site! Jerry lived in Philadelphia. I'll pass along more info as I get it.

Hello! It's been too long since I've posted music on this site...this is what happens when you're earning a Ph.D, eh? Hopefully I'll be able to work on a TOTM or something soon...

Anyway, I've called your attention here for a couple reasons:

I am very glad to present this new duo with David (actually not so new ...)

Hi folks,
Here's a new video from a recent CD release gig in NYC. This piece started as a bit of a vibes etude that I expanded for a trio. This track is entitled "Never Sleeps" from my last album "Gotham."
-Tyler

The song is dedicated to my mentor David Friedman. Once we were hanging out in my house in Italy and I showed him the harmonic and rhythmic Idea that opens the song. Then we decide to play a "kind of blues" on top of this strange chords progression... after a couple of week I composed this tune!!

Giovanni Perin 6et live from Georg Neumann Theater in Berlin in july 2014:

Giovanni Perin: vibes
Tommaso Troncon: Tenor Sax
Dima Bondarev: Trumpet
Yuriy Seredin: Piano
Marcel Krömker: Bass
Diego Pinera: Drums

Giovanni Perin 6et live from Georg Neumann Theater in Berlin in july 2014:

Giovanni Perin: vibes
Tommaso Troncon: Tenor Sax
Dima Bondarev: Trumpet
Yuriy Seredin: Piano
Marcel Krömker: Bass
Diego Pinera: Drums

Improvising with Upper Structure Triads on What Is This Thing Called Love. Upper Structure Triads is the first of five chapters in Volume Two of The Complete Guide To Improvisation. Volume Two is not available yet but Volume One is available through Amazon and www.edsaindon.com

In this clip, the first chorus is a written out solo that utilizes Upper Structure Triads (USTs). To view and download the first chorus along with a chart that lists the USTs and analysis of the UST techniques, go here to Google Docs:

Friends, I just finished reading "Wonderful World of Percussion: My Life Behind Bars," the memoir by percussionist/vibraphonist Emil Richards. As many of you know, Emil, now in his eighties, has had a wonderful career as a film and television studio musician, and also a jazz vibes/marimba player. He worked with Shearing, Sinatra, George Harrison, and tons of other big names, he traveled the world many times, performing and collecting an amazing array of obscure percussion instruments from various countries, and he also performed on the soundtracks to more than 2000 films!

Here's some great licks that you can use while paying the blues. Remember to download the pdf before watching the lesson in order to understand what I'm doing!! Have fun=)