This is a piece I've composed for vibes. I'm planing on arranging it for a small percussion ensemble. Hope you like it!

SUNDAY JAN. 22nd // Jazz Brunch at the legendary
BLUE NOTE // in NYC

CHRISTOS RAFALIDES TRIO
featuring:
Christos Rafalides - Vibraphone
Petros Klampanis - Bass
Mauricio Zottarelli - Drums

Showtime: 11:30AM and 1:30PM
Doors Open at 10:30AM

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Been too long since I have posted in my blog. The Friday morning jam at my home has added a base player to our lead guitar, clarinet and me on the vibes. As a percussion player who is rhythm-challenged, I find playing anything upbeat, or with a latin beat tough to do solo, but having a base man and lead guitar chunking away helps a whole lot. The base doesn't come through well on my Zoom Q2 digital recorder. These clips are from Jan 13, 2017.

Working on a few things and exploring some possibilities using this deep and classic song as the vehicle.

My composition Faraway with Steve Allee-piano, Jeremy Allen-bass and Steve Houghton drums.
Hope you enjoy. Rusty

Chinese translation is for Chinese students
打開PDF你會看到兩種不同的intro方式。
第一種，是適合用在快的曲子之前。
有一個固定低音，然後上面是五級三和弦和弦循著半音下行，

第二種適合用在中版速度的Rhythm Changes
是一個非常像1 - 6 - 2 - 5的聲響，但是用了很多tritone sub，
像是Db和弦代替了原本1 - 6 - 2 - 5中的G7b9
像是Ｂ和弦代替了原本1 - 6 - 2 - 5中的F7b9
然後最後兩個小節，簡單又清楚，用Ｆ這個音做節奏。

因為很多樂手不習慣跟鐵琴合作，不適應鐵琴的聲音，所以Behn說他有時候即使演奏很清楚的和弦進行，仍然有些樂手會Miss掉Cue，因為他們習慣聽鋼琴的聲響，鋼琴有低音。
所以在這種情況下，我們就要讓Cue點更加清楚，有時候演奏簡單又清楚的Cue是件好事。