Hi vibes lovers today i'd like to show you an easy but effective way to harmonize melodies.
Remember my rules of thumb:

Melody in the middle high register = open voicings (1-3-7 or 1-7-3 plus the note of the melody line)
-If the melody is the root or 5th you play RH 1-5, LH 3-7
-If the melody is 3th or 7th you play RH 3-7, LH 1-5
-If the melody is not a chord tone remember to play at least the 3rd and the 7th

Here's a quick version of #18 done in McClaren park, SF.

Saw this online and bought it! I have listened to some of the first track and I really like it. Sounds like a different Ed so far. You can hear his Burton influence! Can't wait to listen to the rest of it!

Hey all,
I came to the website to post about my June show, then got overtaken by the Konnakkol duet and completely forgot my intention. Check it out in recent activity if you haven't already done so. Amazing is too small a word.
So now to get back on track:
I'm introducing Nick Mancini's new CD The Long Game with a beauty of a track called "Gingerlilly."

I know a lot of people use a RockNRoller or similar to transport their instruments, but I'm having trouble figuring it out. An M55 frame is 56 inches long. So if you lay it flat, you need the biggest model (60" base) and that doesn't leave any room for the bars. And that RockNRoller weighs 35 lbs. on its own.

So what do you do? Stand up the frame and bungee it? Lay it across the bed? Neither of those options seem stable. Advice appreciated -- pictures even more :-).

Tom P.

I've always loved this tune from the Coltrane and Johnny Hartman album. Joe Locke also has a great version on his first "Blues and Ballads" CD. I got to play it on a gig recently with a sax player. I had a job interview this morning and I was already dressed up, so I thought I would shoot a quick and dirty (but clean clothes!) video of a quick performance.

and here is episode 02 of my little show.
gimme some feedback pleeeaaase. :)

tony, as you know, I'm a huge fan of your swing feel!! how did you work on that. listening and playing I guess hm?