I saw a handbell player this weekend at a local art fest. I saw she had mallets and asked for a demo. I didn't know that handbells could be played with mallets.

The thing that interested me was that they can ring out when they are laying down on the table. She showed me that under the cloth was a thick foam cushion. This allowed some ringing, but with some dampening to shorten the ring duration.

Barry

Here's Behn's First etude (of many I hope) for our site!

Right now I've posted a midi file, however, Behn is coming in soon to play it and talk about it. I'll replace the file when he records here.

This is a beautiful etude I think.

Here's a link to a video of Behn playing the etude

once in while i scan my pc for old files to delete. so i did today and found this practice video for the song nearness of you i recorded some time ago. i made nearly 10 takes of it. i watched this one and instead of deleting i liked it and thought to share it here. there is no theme because i just practiced the solo changes in a medium swing tempo.

Hey guys,

Here's a version of Jobim's How Insensitive. Thanks go to Gustavo for doing the editing of this concert footage.

Ed

In my town there is a special fiest for Children one week end per year. A giant firework on Friday night, all kinds of shows around the place, and in a park tons of games, sports, manual activities, actors in costums on stilts etc...

It's this week end a we are back from our little tour in the park. And there we saw a good dozen of amazing giant instruments, each one more nuts than its neighbour! (old saucepans as drums, weird huge wheel full of plastic bottle corks, other strange recycled percussions, etc...)

Hello VW,
I've posted a link on my facebook page and Marie-Noelle asked me to share it with you,
so here is a video on my arrgt on the Adagietto from the 5th Symphony of G.Mahler.

hope you enjoy it, and feel free to comment

best regards
tifoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPve4w4msqo

OK, vibe hang! Who's playing? Next Saturday!!! 1pm.

I think we'll do the hang over at Mario's streaming site. Check back here, I'll have a link up.

The hang is here today It's at Mario's place.

Hey everybody I know the commercials suck on Livestream, I think we're going to move.

Performing:

Michael Cane
Mario Diciuttis
Behn Gillece
Tony Miceli
Dana Sudborough

The Chief is a really nice tune Pat Metheny wrote and recorded on a CD called Reunion, with Gary Burton. I made this video clip for one of Tony's Vibe Hangs, and decided to post it here too.

I've included links to the Lead Sheet and an mp3 of the Piano Accompaniment to use to practice the tune.

Cheers!

This is what happens when people talk about Jazz:

Acid jazz
Acid blues
Afro-jazz
Asian American jazz
Avant-garde jazz
Bebop
Calypso jazz
Cape jazz
Chamber jazz
Continental Jazz
Crossover jazz
Cubop
Ethno jazz
European free jazz
Free funk
Free jazz
Gypsy jazz
Jazz fusion
Jazz blues
Jazz rap
Jazz-funk
Kansas City blues (music)
Kansas City jazz
Latin jazz
List of jazz fusion recordings
Livetronica
M-Base
Mainstream jazz
Mini-jazz
Modal jazz
Modern Creative
Neo-bop jazz
Nu jazz
Orchestral jazz
Post-bop
Postmodern fusion
Progressive jazz
Punk jazz

I saw the post and decided that I had to learn this tune. I read through it and I was instantly in love with it. I've known about this tune for a few minutes. It's great!!