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Alexey Chizhik - Russia - Paganini two mallet swing!!

Go Paga!

Here's a Russian quartet performing a smoooking version of Paganini Caprice n°24 in St Petersburg. Man those guys can swiiinng!!

After a cool piano intro, you'll get around 1'45 to the heart of the tune with vibes on melody/solo. If I well remember we recently saw a performance of this vibist with 5 mallets!... Well I def. think he's more impressive with one 2!!

I hope "Paga" doesn't mind too much for this little 'variation' of style on his piece ;o)

Man I dig it! :o)

Enjoy!

- M

Be Humble

I laughed when I heard vibraman mention Franz's name (Franz is a new subscriber). He said, 'Man I thought I knew all the great players in Germany'.

There's a message here I think worth mentioning. Man be humble. You just never know who's sitting in the audience, or who's around the corner from you.

All the Things You Are by MetroWest Jazz Project

Hi All,

This is from a gig I did two Fridays ago, 5-March-2010. Me on vibes, Doug Sondak on alto, Richard Hale-Shaw on bass and Ed Conley on drums. It's a slightly twisted version of "All the Things You Are". I've attached the lead sheet for the arrangement, although the time changes should be easy enough to pick up.

It's a single mic recording so the mix isn't so great, I guess the mic was too close to the alto player, but you'll get the idea :-).

Tom P.