Finally got some videos edited from a show I did a while back, here in NYC with Kevin Hays (piano), Michael Blanco (bass), and Mark Ferber (drums)
This is a re-imagining of Coltrane's "26-2"...
Hope you all dig it!

You guys inspired me to work on "It's You Or
No One"...
I haven't shed it yet, but here's my first pass
playing along with Aebersold!
I think those guys might speed up a little bit during
this take! :-D

(Tony, I'm still trying to flatten that 2 mallet out! Getting
better, but still a work in progress)

Jamming with Behn!

I am doing a presentation about the vibraphone in latin jazz music as part of my thesis and I realized after talking to Tony today that there aren't so many vibes player in this music as there are in piano. I know Tito, Cal, Samuels and Christos but how come no really big names like Eddie Palmieri or Chucho Valdes.
What do you guys think about that?

I would appreciate all your comments because not often some is speaking about those stuff and it's part of my presentation.
Thank you all for your time!

Dimitris

Hopefully this is a clearer recording quality. Thanks for all your help Tony!

Hi all,

This is stella by starlight on solo vibes. The first is a pre-composed solo and the second is a jamming with the latin feel.
The reason I pre-composed the solo is because that way it's easy to practice specific things. It's the same when you practice a pre-composed solo.

thanks and enjoy

Its been a while since I posted anything as I was so busy with our jazz festival but I am back on the wagon again so here is my first piece. Its a tune we are working on at our improv classes and its a tough melody. Getting the sticking right is the trick there are still a few dodgy notes here and there but I decided to let you hear it anyway. Apologies for a little distortion but the record levels were up without me realising. Midi backing track

Practicing improvisation on Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To". Mixing up improvisational techniques including Four Note Groupings, Pentatonic Scales and Upper Structure Triads/7th chords.