Hi All-
I'm typing one-handed to ask for everyone's advice on and experiences with tendonitis, repetitive stress, carpal tunnel, etc. I want to for my own situation, but also because I think any site that offers so many compelling and…
My M55 will be appearing at the Iowa City Jazz Festival this year. I won't. I'll be backstage all nervy and excited to be among the professionals. At times like that I have the appearance of a one year old yellow labrador retriever banging…
There have been a couple of nice ballads posted recently - Ed Saindon's performance of "Body and Soul" and Tony's great interpretation of "Come Rain or Come Shine". Well, here's another one, a version of "Lament" by J.J. Johnson. This…
I hung with Victor Provost recently. We shot Pan lessons and played. Here's one of the tunes we jammed on.
Victor is starting panworkshop.com which will be part of vibesworkshop.com! So get your pans out (no pots).
I just posted a comment on another blog and mentioned that I studied Alexander Technique for a couple of years when I was in my late 30's. Then I thought it might be useful to some of the musicians here to know about this approach to…
Hi everybody ! Last week I posted a bass-dms track for Four, a bit too hastily. I took it back when I realized it was not good enough. My bass-player Laurent came down yesterday and we recorded a track for Solar. This one is usable. It's…
here is a solo vibes version of a tune i wrote long time ago for a percussion ensemble.i got many recordings of this song played with different instruments and settings but never did a solo vibe performance cause it was too difficult for…
Just some more thoughts on simplicity. I was thinking about all this tonight, and I thought I'd try and pass on some of my thoughts from tonight.
It's based around the tune 'Old Devil Moon'. I was just thinking about how simple I could…
Hi to all vibists. Very happy to inform you that my instrument is really amazing.
VanderPlas put some pictures of my vibes on the site, it's the adapted Musser.
Now it looks even hipper than before, hihi!
Greetings from Holland,…
Wow! Gary Burton is playing a few dates with Pat Metheny on the east coast and will be in Philly!
http://garyburton.com/display_tours.php
Check back here for details:http://www.keswicktheatre.com/eventcalender/index.cgi?month=6&year=…
Philippe,
I read part of your incredible and huge Blog in French. Plus seeing you online and so active since your arrival, I think it'd more than fair if you could let us have your story in one page (not an easy exercice huh?)! :o)
I'd…
Here's the scoop on my two most disappointing jam experiences. As many people know, I was a big Bill Evans fan. So much so, that I sounded a lot like him when I soloed, played a lot of his tunes using his arrangements, and pretty much…
Here is the rarely told story of my first band. It began as a solo venture, playing unaccompanied pieces on marimba and vibes. Soon I decided to add a pianist, a sort of preview of my duets with Chick Corea, which would come along later…
Hello everyone,
This video footage is from a concert that featured veteran pianist Dick Whittington and myself on vibes. Dick is a long time pianist of the West Coast jazz scene who has played with many of the legends in jazz. Dick was…
Hello everyone,
This video footage is from a concert that featured veteran pianist Dick Whittington and myself on vibes. Dick is a long time pianist of the West Coast jazz scene who has played with many of the legends in jazz. Dick was…
This is an incredible performance of the tune 'Bebop'. Check out the tempo. Wow!
Bob Levy who is Stan Levy's son is a member of the site. (The late) Stan Levy is the drummer on the site!
Hi everybody ! Lately I've been working on memorising that John Coltrane solo on "Four". This morning, soon after breakfast, while still in my bedroom slippers, I recorded this version. I'm quoting the 1st 16 bars from Coltrane's solo to…
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