This is the quintessential recording of this tune. Maybe some of the younger guys haven't heard it??

Stop, sit and lesson.

If you didn't know this it makes the tune even heavier.

Billy Strayhorn wrote this tune at age 17 (if my research is correct, i.e. his biography). Listen to the words.

Is this one of the most heaviest songs or what? I get chills listening to it.

And then add Johnny Hartman and Coltrane and this is off the map.

Also from, "Ternaire", this crazy piece was written by the great french clarinettist, saxophonist and composer, Michel Portal. Check out the bass line by Jean-François Jenny Clark.

This is also from "Ternaire". It's a ballad by Daniel Humair, that I basically had to sight read at the gig. Check out the key.

This is the first tune from a live CD "Ternaire", with Daniel Humair, drums, Jean-François Jenny Clark, bass and yours truly on vibes. It was recorded live in Paris, 1992 in La Villa. The balance is not great but the music has it's merits, I think.

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Well all this talk about trios is leading me to post something from a gig I had last thursday. It is a trio setting although there is no bass player. I have a hard time finding bass players that I like to play with so I've resorted to just using my piano player friend. He just plays his rhodes and uses his left hand.

Having the rhodes, I think, really allows us to change the texture of things as we go along.

the group is:

Joe Doubleday- Vibes
Adam Ledbetter- Rhodes
Jemar Poteat- Drums

The best students are the ones who teach themselves and as a result have lots and lots of questions for their teachers..

When I teach a class and we do nothing that I had prepared, then it was a great class usually.

For some reason that just hit me. I forget who told me that but someone great did, way back in the day.

Rather than bury back in my mind, I thought I would type out here.

What's your favorite cd(s) where the format is a vibes trio, that is Vibes, Bass and Drums?

It's interesting all the feedback I'm getting about my thoughts on trio playing.

toddc, jondaly, keene and friedman are all making great points. I've been thinking really hard about all this lately. I've been thinking about musically what you need to give someone for them to be satisfied musically. The listener that is. What will hold someone's attention and for how long.

This is making me think I should read 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Again'. Some answers should be in there, as I remember.

Mike Pinto had this up over at our store! Have you checked out our store??