I gig a couple nights a week with a quartet loosely modeled after the great MJQ. However, the piano play of the group plays nothing like the great John Lewis. His playing is erratic, he is all over the harmony, melody, and the bass. During my solos he often plays "counter melodies" that disrupt my thinking and my lines. At times I'll pause in order to leave some space and he fills it. If I start of slow, with whole or half notes, he fills up the space with some kind of scalar run. It seems odd to me and I'm thinking that this isn't what the music is supposed to sound like.

Hey guys,

Vic Firth put up another clip of mine on their Podcast Page. This is a trio version of my original composition Pure Spirit. Matt Wilson is on drums and David Clark is on bass. Here's the link: http://www.vicfirth.com/podcasts/concert.php

There is also a nice clip of marimbist Pius Cheung also on the same podcast page.

The lead sheet of Pure Spirit can be downloaded from my website.

Best,

Ed

I thought I posted this already. But check out Mike Blake!

Words being wholly inadequate
Music is the language of the spirit

Between the notes
The greatest impact
Reflection, time, color

Silence is played
Stewards of passion
The spirit alive and well

Words being wholly inadequate
Music is the language of the spirit

i have a gig with my duet partner jan on guitar on saturday and sunday this we recorded during the rhearsel. i don´t dig my solo (kind of boring) but i like the song and the sound of the head...maybe you too

tarik

Wow!! I've never seen anything like this.

I am still playing Estate. Here are a couple of solo versions (1 chorus each). I'd like to get your opinions on the feel of each. I have been working on trying to keep better time, without relying on BIAB. Is the pulse OK, too much, too forced? The second version (attached file) has a more obvious rhythm. That one, I used softer mallets (Balter 12R). The clicks are the handles hitting each other.

Barry

This is a movie I shot when I was in Philly in August 2007 I was doing some stuff with Tony at the University Of The Arts and at the end of the lesson I asked Tony to play a tune, this is the result totally on the spot performance and its great even though Tony did'nt think so and guess what later that evening we went out for something to eat and Tony being the perfectionist that he is gives me a cd of the same tune he recorded in the interim man you have to love this guy.Hope you all enjoy this, should also mention as this was recorded with the camera mic the audio is not the best quality

I recorded this John Lewis classic one evening during a gig in Muncie, IN with "Live Jazz Tonight". Please enjoy this submission.