Vibraphone

Hey guys,

Here's a clip of an old classic tune called "Sweet Lorraine" which has been recorded by such pianists Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson and Nat King Cole as well as sung by Frank Sinatra and many other vocalists.

The tune has quite a bit of changes including many extended dominants. There's some nice guide tone lines throughout the changes. I try to bring those out either in the left hand comping on in the line.

Here's a video of what we brought in after the first wave of vibe moving.
This is for the Delaware workshop 2010.

Thursday is our unofficial anniversary celebration! I will try and stream as much as possible, including the Vibe Hang. I will also try to stream David's afternoon workshop for everyone to see.

It's unofficial because I was going to talk it up this week, but no, our server crashed!!

Let's see what I can do this week to talk it up.

Every body is welcome to come Thursday to the University of Delaware For Our Open House. It starts around 2pm.

Take the day off of work and practicing and drive down, come meet, David Friedman, me, Behn Gillece, Mike Pinto, Randy Sutin, all the attendees at the workshop and everyone else who comes!!

I love this lesson and he says 'It's Important to Sing'. I love when I hear my idols saying things that I believe, It means I'm on track!

Well maybe things are back to normal. Before I go and apologize and tell you guys what happened and everything else I have to say, let me see what's up with my partner.

This was a terrible week for me. I'm still not sure completely as to what happened here.

Hi everyone, here is the link to my music theatre website, we're in the midst of creating a new website, but there is some good (and relevant) stuff on this one.Of interest to anyone who digs the traditions of comedie del arte/clown/mime styles

http://www.loonmusic.co.uk/
and photos-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernstage/sets/72157623175783273/

"Sunset Road", a composition by Mike Caruso, performed by my group, the MetroWest Jazz Project at a gig on Friday, 23-July-2010. In addition to me, Mike is playing bass, Brett Baker on guitar and Bruce Hanahan on drums.

Enjoy -- comments appreciated.

Tom P.

Check this out! What a treat to come home to this in my inbox. David Friedman playing Milestones.

This is the old Milestones. Do you know the story? There are 2 Milestones and this one came first. The modal one that we all know came second.

I love watching David play. Check out his right hand, how he swings and how he throws in the chords. This is a great study for all of us!

What a great week I had. What a pleasure getting to meet players from all over the world. This was incredible for me!

First off, let me thank John Daly. Without John this wouldn't be possible. You know Ireland is an amazing place to me. People are helpful and totally down to Earth. John is at the top of the list. He's incredible, I've never really met anyone quite like him. This workshop would not happen without his energy. I was also talking to someone in the workshop who said that the Limerick jazz scene has John to thank as well. He's a mover and shaker!