Taken at the festival in General Roca, Argentina

When I was in college I was fortunate enough to befriend a number of great student musicians/composers. One of them was a fellow named Mitch Coodley. He wrote many great tunes that I think are as good or better than tunes by any famous composer. I've recently recorded one of Mitch's tunes called Piper's Samba. I think it is a super tune that has a great melody and is challenging to improvise on.

Hi Tony,

Happy Birthday Tony!!

Did I miss a post to congratulate Tony or am I really the first...?

Anyway, Happy birthday Tony!!! Sorry I haven't been around here but I have been busy and am preparing for our second child that is coming in about 6 weeks...

Hope you guys all have a great time this summer with all the workshops and I hope to catch up soon with all of you!

Keep on vibin'!!!

TJ

Check out Andre.

He's a great vibe player from Brazil. I'm trying to get him to post some lessons on the site talking about the Brazilian rhythms and how to play them on the vibes! He has great chops. He played a whole 1.5 hour show and I think I heard him miss ONE note!!!!!

Cal Tjader is one of the vibraphone masters. His work can inspire others. I'm enjoying my little jump into his playing.

I'm working on a transcription of Cal Tjader's Tropicville from the album Latin Kick. If someone is familiar with this track could you take a look at my transcription. I think it's getting pretty close, but another set of eyes would be awesome. Cheers!

-TVC

Things go in cycles for me. Let's just start with that.

Hi guys, I've just found this video. What an entertainer!

Here I provide a little insight into my teaching at the Musikhochschule Detmold. This is an excerpt of a concert at the Schlagzeughaus where I (left vibes) played with my student Andrey Doynikov (right vibes).
Have fun!
#FLORIAN
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