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Mike Mainieri Wanderlust  Track 1 Bullet Train  Lots of percussion at the opening. Really cool. Tune is super difficult but, as is the case with the entire album, played effortlessly so it doesn’t sound difficult. To me, it sounds like…
6 months 4 weeks ago - 0 comments
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So What is an A,A,B,A form tune using 2 chords, dm7 and ebm7. Maybe the most famous modal jazz standard. The bass usually plays the head. Soloing involves using the Dorian Modes on D and Eb. Repetition and rhythmic motifs work well.…
7 months ago - 3 comments
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Gary Burton Alone at Last  Track 1 Moonchild/In Your Quiet Place  Keith Jarrett tunes. Fast, smooth runs showing Gary’s impressive technique.    Track 2 Green Mountains/Arise, Her Eyes  2 Steve Swallow tunes. My favorite track. Pitch…
7 months ago - 2 comments
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I’m back on the radio, ladies and gentlemen! WETF FM, the jazz station in South Bend, Indiana, and home to two dozen or so jazz programs covering every variety, is our new home.  “Mornin’ Gloria” will air on Tuesday mornings at 8AM…
7 months 2 weeks ago - 3 comments
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Modes with starting notes D, A, Gb and B.
7 months 1 week ago - 1 comments
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Check out the attached PDF!
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Check out the attached PDF!
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Wildflower Study Pt. 4 
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Jenco Vibraphone Case
RenPlaysVibes
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Hello! I have had a Jenco for a while now. As of late, I've been going to many jams and rehearsals with it. That's all well and good, but I don't have a case. I have looked around the internet and talked to musicians in town. I have come…
8 months ago - 6 comments
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Wildflower Study Pt. 3
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YouTube suggested this video for me. It is a restoration of a Galanti Vibraphonette. Also, check out this video of "THE MAGIC WALTZ by Amedeo Tommasi | arranged for the Vibraphonette and Piano" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3u0AmI8v48…
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This is an arrangement I did of Ellington's "I Got it Bad". The pianist is a political science professor I met recently, Peter Minowitz. 
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Musser M55 post isolators
Larry Chernicoff
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I'm looking for rubber "licorice" post isolators for a Musser ProVibe. On the Steve Weiss website I found "Musser Marimba Post Isolators", with a list of instruments that these isolators fit. The M55 ProVibe is not listed, but I suspect…
7 months 1 week ago - 1 comments
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Wildflower Study Pt. 2
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Someone contacted me about Musser vibes for sale. $2,000.  They are in Houston, Texas. I don't know them and I tell everyone beware when you're expecting someone to ship something after you've paid for it.  But if you're near Houston,…
7 months 1 week ago - 1 comments
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Can you play this and make it sound good? 
7 months 3 weeks ago - 3 comments
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CONTACT: enthusiasm@startmail.com This 3-Octave Deagan Commander Vibraphone was made in 1972. There was actually a delay in the manufacturing process back in the spring of 1972. The anodizing equipment ( for the bars) at the Deagan…
9 months 2 weeks ago - 1 comments
a good play-along
superorganic
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Do you guys know about Allan Cox's "Meet The Bass Player" play-along tracks?  They're very basic - bass and guitar - recordings of 12-bar blues and rhythm changes in a couple of common keys.  The thing about them that is most useful is…
8 months ago - 2 comments
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Check out the attached PDF!
4 months 1 week ago - 2 comments
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Wildflower Study Pt. 1
4 months 1 week ago - 0 comments
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So my buddy posted this list on FB. he said it's a list of all the chords. Too much info for me!!!! What do you think! All of the chords - Based on melodic/harmonic minor and major. 7th Chords: △7 △7+ -△7 sus △7 -7 -7 +5 sus7 Dom. 7 Dom…
6 years 10 months ago - 11 comments
“Dreamsville” -V
David Friedman
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Since “Dreamsville” seems to be the topic of discussion here I thought I’d contribute a solo version I did several weeks ago. I’d be more than happy to answer any questions about the piece, the performance, concept, etc. Enjoy.
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9 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
Beautiful Love
tonymiceli
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Great tune, Dminor. It's one of those tunes that helps you sound good! :-)
7 months 3 weeks ago - 0 comments
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