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Here is a list of things on the website, lessons I liked a lot or thought were important. For me it's all of them I guess.

Can any of you guys copy a link of something you thought was interesting and help and put it in the comments? I'll Building on this. This would be especially for new comers to the site or players who don't know what to practice. Pick something from here!

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Texas Hoedown for vibes and tenor saxophone

Peter Weniger and I did a reading of the piece, originally for solo vibraphone. Basically Peter plays the melody and I try to leave out certain phrases that were written in the solo version to avoid too much information. This varies from the written solo because we deviate from the written out solo and improvise a solo together. It's not perfect, which I kind of like but I dig the feel.

Good Vibes on the Radio, July 2018

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Hi Everyone,
July's program is coming up on the 1st (rebroadcast on the 4th) with two new players, John Cocuzzi and Lennie Cuje. Cuje plays on "In Walked Bud," from Ron Holloway's CD Slanted. Cocuzzi plays the ever so wistful "What'll I Do," on his album Groove Merchant.
Dee Dee Bridgewater vocalizes with Milt Jackson, Paul Jost with Tony (the one and only), and Helen Humes with Red Norvo. Severi Pyysalo plays with the Vilka Wahl Quintet, Warren Wolf with the SF Jazz Collective and Tony has an encore on my son Nicholas' original "Big Pharma."

TOTM - Peace - Etude 2 - One Chorus

The pedal for the most part can be down for two beats at a time for most of the tune. However there are a couple spots where the chords change on beats 3 and 4. Use a lead sheet and your ears to figure out where they are.

Study the original harmony and see where I add upper partials not in the lead sheet.

Even if the harmony is too complex this also for beginners, just work on the music, don't worry about the advanced chords. Just play it as is.

I would love to see a beginning post their version of this!