“Lucky Southern” by Keith Jarrett. It’s been sort of a Berklee standard through the years. A fun song to play with an AABA form.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot since this afternoon’s discussion. Truth in advertising: I’m definitely in the “competition is destructive “ camp in spite of my long association with jazz and its deep tradition of cutting sessions. I’m a real fan of those when they are old-school and about having a lively conversation with everyone speaking their piece. In recent decades I have felt a shift in the energy that is more like something I hated as a youngster.
“Who Can I Turn To” - inspired by pianist Bill Evans’ version of this classic song. Focusing on some concepts from my upcoming book Solo Vibraphone Playing. The book will include many concepts from my studies with Gary Burton as well as many others gleaned from the many great jazz pianists. It may take awhile to get it out but stay tuned.
This is the second part of my lessons on my original composition - Solitude. I am talking about how to work on independence and finding balance between the four mallets.
If you are interested in downloading the sheet music for Solitude, it is available at:
https://www.tonymiceli.com/sheetmusic/solitude-by-morgan-walbridge
Full audio for Solitude is also available at:
http://morganwalbridge.bandcamp.com/track/solitude
This is the first part of my lessons on my original composition - Solitude. I am talking about how to practice playing and moving around open fifths. I use them throughout my piece as accompaniment and think they are a great tool to have for solo vibraphone.
If you are interested in downloading the sheet music for Solitude, it is available at:
https://www.tonymiceli.com/sheetmusic/solitude-by-morgan-walbridge
Hi everyone!
I've just released my new composition for solo vibraphone called Solitude. I have been spending a lot of time in quarantine thinking about what sounds I like to hear on the vibes and how to showcase them. This piece is the result of that and I am very excited about it. I hope that you all can check it out!
If anyone is interested in downloading the sheet music, it is now available at:
https://www.tonymiceli.com/sheetmusic/solitude-by-morgan-walbridge
I'm almost done recording the first 20 (doing them in a weird order) and they are all somewhere on this site or on my YouTube channel.
I'm almost done recording the first 20 (doing them in a weird order) and they are all somewhere on this site or on my YouTube channel.
Stride popped up on the site the other day, so after practicing Tony's stride stuff a lot and watching all his videos on it, I'm trying it out with a few standards! The first is Jerome Kern's "Pick Yourself Up," loosely inspired by Aaron Diehl's version. Let me know what you think!
