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Good Vibes radio May update

Time

Hi everyone,
Tonight is Good Vibes' special one-year anniversary edition! It airs at the usual time and places but because it is three hours instead of two, the times are a little different: at 8-11pm tonight and 3-6pm on Wednesday (May 4), eastern times. Hope you can listen in.
gloria

www.jazzon2.org
Good Vibes airs on the first Sunday of the month, 8-10 pm eastern time
rebroadcast the following Wednesday, 4-6 pm eastern time
WWFM 89.1 HD2, Trenton/Princeton
WWCJ 89.1 HD2, Cape May, New Jersey
WWPJ 89.5 HD2, PenArgyl, PA.

Playing melodic phrasing with Cells and Upper Structures

Hi everyone, I'm attaching a pdf hand out I used recently for a clinic. In it I go through an example of how one might use a combination of Cells and Upper Structure Triads to create tension and release for playing melodic lines and phrases through your improvisations!

If there are any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Enjoy!

Question for Gary About His Grip

I notice that there are players who use the Burton Grip and use the 2 inside mallets for their lines. I always thought that was weird for a couple of reasons, the main one being that I have a feeling if the right inside mallet was better that Gary would be using it in that way.

I do think though if you are going to play that way you need to really work on that right outside mallet. My grip is different in a small way, and I use the inside mallets and I work also really hard on the outside mallets.

Office Hours

Ok, I know I come up with lots of ideas, and some don't make it. But heres another one.

I think I'm going to try and do office hours, like we do in college. Maybe pick a night and do a few 45 minute sessions with anyone that needs help with something.

Don't think of this as a lesson exactly, this is where I just help you with one thing you're working on. Maybe try and get you over a hump.

Gary Burton at the Detroit Jazz Fest - WhaHOOOO!

Man am I excited! First Joe Locke then Terry Gibbs, NOW GARY! Detroit doesn't get many big name vibists coming to town so every chance I get to see one of the greats I don't pass it up.

I had the opportunity to meet Joe when he played with his Milt Jackson tribute band. Unfortunately I didn't meet Terry but I sure hope I can meet Gary just to say hi and maybe get a pic with him.

http://www.detroitjazzfest.com/11lineup.html