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James.

Hello everyone !
Let me answer to Marie-Noelle , with this video, who asked me recently why i used 3 mallets now in my playing.
The reason is medical. I suffered a very severe tendonitis of the right shoulder, those last months, tendonitis due to an hyper-solicitation over my years of percussion.
I now reach my 56 and play since i have 12 ...
I was forced to stop vibes playing during 2 months this spring and had a vision of what eternity could be !

Black hole

Hi everyone,
I'm sharing this song that I wrote two year ago.
It is just a duet with English singer Sam Dale (actually, he wrote the lyrics.)
I really love his voice and his spirit !
We recorded at home (in my bedroom…)
I hope you will like it!
I wish you nice summer holidays (if you do have some :-)

Ireland Workshop 2011 - JJ's In Dublin

Played in a nice club in Dublin, Ireland last night. Here's a blurry picture of the Premiere 705s. DISCONTINUED. WHAT A DRAG. COME ON PREMIERE, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT! That's a great instrument for gigging musicians.

We did an MJQ tribute there. Played with John Daly on drums, Phil Ware on Piano and Dan Bodwell on Bass. Great musicians! It was a really fun gig!

Forum Topic: listening session?

I was thinking that at the Delaware Workshop, we could do some sort of an official listening session with everyone, that was planned into the day. We could play some tunes and talk about what we like about it. After all, we play like whatever we listen to, so i think it'd be a good idea. Maybe it could happen?
And by the way I'm really excited for the workshop, and seeing/hearing some people that went last year also.

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Forum Topic: Thoughts about comping?

I don't really have a lot to say about this, but I thought it'd be interesting to talk about comping in different situations, with a piano player/ other chord instruments, etc.
The great pianist Benny Green told me after a show that he liked my comping and that not a lot of people know when to lay out. First off, he's an incredible musicians and a very nice person, and it was really humbling to talk with him through-out the week at the camp i went to.