Eclipse, the final track from my first Cubist CD, began as a vibe improvisation/groove in 12/8. Layers of percussion — balafon, Marimba, African drums, tabla, gongs — were added to build a tune. It features Randy Roos on guitars and Noam Sender on duduk and vocals.

Cubist CD:
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jerryleake3

I taught her in grad school. she never played jazz before grad school.

I told her she'd be a mo fo. Humbly she brushed it off. It's going to happen. Listen to her play this ballad.

https://www.facebook.com/chienzzzz/videos/10211099088113102/

Sorry it's on Facebook, couldn't find it anywhere else. Don't think I can embed it.

An excerpt from future book on vibraphone dampening. This is a chorus on an F Blues which utilizes various dampening techniques. The book will feature etudes, exercises and pieces illustrating various dampening techniques and uses. Making headway but it's going to be a big project taking me well into the Fall. Meanwhile, my book for Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist is available from Amazon.

The chorus can be viewed and downloaded. The link is in the video description.

In this etude I really move the chords around. Lots of passing stuff. I suspend the 1 chord a bit.

Also there's a surprise at the end. I change the harmony. Can you hear it? Do you know what it is? Who's the first to post what happens.

I've given voicings for Giant Steps. Your just is to study the harmony, write in the chords with their upper partials and then memorize the voicings. Then add rhythm and comp with a play along track to get the voicings inside of you.

This is our first try at recording this wonderful little song at a crazy, slow tempo. (The original version is up tempo!) I'm not sure if anyone under the age of 50 is familiar with this tune. The composer, Harold Arlen, wrote such classics as, "Somewhere over the rainbow", "Blues in the Night", "Sleepin'Bee", etc.