Oh man this is so unbelievable. Terry Pollard is a smoking pianist and then she gets on the vibes and tears it up with Terry Gibbs. And Gibbs is a monster on this!!!

I died when i heard this!!!

It was Milt's Birthday, Jan, 1st (right?).

THE WOMEN ARE COMING, THE WOMEN ARE COMING!!

OK guys, they are still coming at ya. This time this lady is soloing while reading down the chart. Notice how she concentrates on the chart and only occasionally looks down at the bars. Watch out, I tell ya they are coming!

There is also no information on this video. Looks like maybe a college concert. She has her cheering section.

BruceW
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All you guys who are getting too comfortable with your vibraphone jazz progress, better watch out. Here is another female getting awfully close to the top (is young and has time on her side). There is no information on this video (strange) so I also do not know who she is or exactly where she is from except that she is Oriental. She looks kind of short but that is not stopping her. They are apparently playing a Bud Powell tune and two standards that have been edited into short excerpts.

But at any rate, bravo.
BruceW
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Recovering from New Year Eve, my men and I, laying on the sofa we discovered that amazing testimony that age, generations, music and energy can truly get together! Just go to this link of the French TV and let it load to choose the best parts: http://videos.tf1.fr/reportages/rock-n-roll-attitude-5598893.html

Raphael, the Belgian "Pappy Blues": from 9:08 to 17:25

Man I do a lot of vibe talking because of this site. It's pretty incredible and sort of a dream come true. We live pretty isolated lives don't we?

One topic that has come up recently is acheiving your goals. I go straight to the word energy when I hear the word goals.

To achieve a goal is going to take energy and for most of us a LOT of energy (I've said it before, haven't I?). But if you put the right energy in I think most of our goals are achievable. Now that being said we all have to be reasonable.

This is so grooving it's killing me!

Do you use sequencers to practice. Man, they can be very helpful. Loops are a great way to practice. But even making up loops without the sequencer and playing them in a solo vibes format can be really help you're playing.

So, I talk about loops in this lesson.

I posted a pdf to go along this. It's attached below.