I know some of you have been working on Joyspring. Here is a bass and drums track of the original arrangement, all on brushes, with the intro and the coda. I've added a click manually : 1,2, 1-2-3 and the opening phrase starts immediately after three. I wish I had had a bit more time to do this. Without anyone playing the melody, it's pretty tough, the main danger being rushing the tempo. We've tried hard to hold back. Although I can hear every imperfection (it's time I got me a new pair of brushes)I think with the solo voice on top, they will not be too noticeable.

Hello,

Just wanted to inform everyone that I'm doing a CD release party for my co-led record with Ken Fowser at Chris' Jazz Cafe. It's this Saturday, April 11 at 8PM. You can get directions, etc. from Chris's website www.chrisjazzcafe.com The band is:

Ken Fowser- tenor sax
Behn Gillece- vibraphone
Jeremy Manasia- piano
Adam Cote- bass
Jason Brown- drums

Hope to see you there!

Behn,

This is something I've been working on since moving to Boston and studying with Ed. There is an article from PAS that somebody has posted on here already that explains the mechanics of Ed's fulcrum grip but this video really shows it in action.

Make sure to watch the whole thing... everything is shown with multiple camera angles.

James

This was mentioned in the comments so I thought I'd post it as a new post.

How about this? You guys want to post a whole bunch of links here about the subject for others to check out?

This is along the same lines of the video of singing tips that Tony posted. The only difference is that I think this guy is serious. He posts these to a web-site called the expert village

Make sure you watch what notes he's playing!

Questions?

Any Questions?

Here's a free voice lesson for you guys. Practice!

Another great photo of Gary and Red!