They great thing about tunes is that they're automatic etudes! I'm doing a hard etude with the tune Cherokee. I plan on writing it out and posting it here.

Tonight I decided to take a tune that's a little uncomfortable for me and work on it. The tune is 'I Should Care'. For me it lays awkward on the instrument. I think tunes in F work the best on the instrument. They have the biggest range!

'I Should Care' is in C and it always gives me trouble. If you play it 'up' and octave it doesn't seem to lay well, especially when you're playing Chords and the melody.

Ahmad Jamal and Gary Burton play a tune called "One", not the one from "A Chorus Line."
This is from the early eighties at a foreign jazz festival. I'm not sure if it's Montreux. This tune has an African flavor to it. I have the LP from which this performance is taken. Jamal and Burton have never worked together before and, to my knowledge hadn't worked together since.

Guess how old I am!

This is funny. Duet by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. But both playing on one vibraphone!!

I live in Amsterdam and living in Amsterdam means that you can't really practice at home. At least not where I practice and especially not if you also play drums and live with your girlfriend who doesn't have a dayjob like me(musician).

Famed Philadelphia Jazz Saxophone legend LARRY MCKENNA will conduct an online Masterclass Oct. 29th at 7:00 PM EST at www.larrysimprovpage.com

The class is based on jazz improvisation but applicable to all styles of music and highly recommended by ALL of www.vibesworkshop.com faculty members.

The workshop will take place at www.larrysimprovpage.com

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I can't resist posting you this vid of Ed Saindon in duet and trio!
Shame on me, I don't know that much of his musical recordings, but I truly dig this performance!
And with a special "best of" for me with the third sample, around 4"44: there's so much fun and mischeviousness in that one: they look like kids! :o) I love it!

The phrygian scale is pretty cool because it has a minor 2nd between the root and the second scale degree. That gives it a very exotic sound!

Chinese translation for Chinese student.

如果拿Phrygian 音階和大調（major）音階來比較，Phrygian音階多了降2降3降6降7音。

在第一個音和第二個音中間是個半音，也因為這樣聽起來非常特別。

這個C為開頭音的Phrygian順階和弦，第一個和弦為Cminor 第二個和弦為Dbmajor

你可以聽到這樣的聲響在很多中東音樂、猶太音樂中等。

演奏大調音階跟Phrygian音階，比較看看。

通常在小調中會用到Phrygian，但是跟Dorian, Aeolian比，Phrygian最少用到。

Here is a transcription from Joe's video 'Intros Part 2'.