Vibraphone

So, this was the scene. The old Hershey Hotel in downtown Philly. Milt Jackson was playing there with his quartet (Bob Cranshaw on electric bass, Mike LeDonne on piano and Mickey Roker playing drums.) There were two sets, and I had a ticket for the first one. I got there early to see if I could get to talk to Milt Jackson a bit. Turns out their sound man never showed up for the gig. I am an amatuer audio engineer, so I volunteered... it was perfect. I got to sit right next to him while he was playing and I got to stay for the second show for free.

Great camera shot of gary playing.

Check out how locked in the time he is and how clean all his phrases are.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/arts/music/21guru.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cwjkn4VSqU&feature=related

Check out Milt's solo. It's so laid back, beautiful and swinging!

Check out this cat towards the end. I posted Glen Verez a minute ago and then found this.

Oh my god, this cat is so bad it's not even funny!!!!

I think this is so f-n incredible.

We're putting up a hand drum site now, so I'm getting to see some really cool hand drum video as well as recording Todd Isler who's a great percussionist.

This vid is mesmerizing!

We have a ton of lessons up here!!!

Some of you have really looked through all of them. What do you think is missing?? Give us some ideas.

Hi All-

It's been awhile; lots of exciting things going on around here! I have some fairly exciting news of my own: I'll be appearing at the Melbourne Jazz Festival this May with my band, Nós Novo on the 1st @ Bennett's Lane, and on the 4th with Jo Lawry's quintet. We'd of course love to see any Melbourne/Aussie vibeworkshoppers in attendance... I mean, all are welcome of course, but it's kind of a schlepp for the rest of you!

I found this rarity. The legendary New York-based percussionist and studio musician Phil Kraus jamming on a Mallet Kat(!!)with Harry and Harvey Sheppard, Isn't Harry a member of the site? Apparently it was an 80th birthday party for Harry. All three of them trade solos on the electronic mallet instrument. Mr. Kraus is the one with the glasses, dark(still!!) hair and sort of a plaid shirt. This was filmed in Houston, TX, where Mr. Kraus has lived for several years since retiring from the biz.

Hey guys not sure if this has been posted but its a really amazing video of Gary Burton and Chick Corea from 1980!

here is part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTNZV2CVQwg&feature=related