Check out Joe talking about Milt and Bobby with Marian Mcpartland. Listen to his description of each one of them. It's right on the money and even Marian thinks so!

I'll be posting parts from Joe's appearance on Marian Mcpartland's Piano Jazz.

This is from the Mid 90's.

It's a great chance to check out Joe and listen to him play and talk. He's a very inspiring cat!

I'll be posting parts of Joe's appearance on Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland. Here they are playing Au Privave. This is from the Mid 90's

Welcome to Philly.

You in the dorms?? you dig it??

i've been swamped. you around next tuesday about 11ish. i get out of a meeting around then, we could meet and talk.

there's a chance i'll be around saturday night, but i'm not sure.

also my friday gig is outdoors and it looks like rain. are you around friday night?

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tony

Barry asked me to talk about the tune invitation. So I whipped up a quick video, just talking about what makes that tune unique and why it's a great tune to study.

I'm going to do an etude and then I think if some of you guys are interested we can do a study of the tune, just like with A train.

I don't know if this performance has been previously posted, but I just found it on YouTube and really enjoyed it. Red and Gary play on just one vibe (sometimes together, which looks a bit cramped!) and do nice version of Back Home in Indiana.

It's interesting to see the 2 playing styles displayed so well.

Inspired by all of the different versions on this site, I am working on Invitation. Here is one of tonight's practice recordings.

I am working on comping and articulation. I also took a stab at soloing.

I used the motor for this one. I put it on the slowest speed, but I think it is a little to fast.

Comments appreciated.

Barry

The Philly workshop was amazing! The idea of traveling to a new city and spending 2 days in a room with 10 – 12 people I had never met before on top of not really knowing anything about playing jazz in the traditional sense made me a little nervous. Then getting up in front of really heavy players to show off my beginner chops scared me to death. However, I have to say I felt so welcomed and supported the entire time I was there. It was truly an amazing experience. My highlight was hearing Joe talk about the inspiration for his tune, Verrazano Moon.