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Gary and Astor Piazzolla
ed saindon
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Hi Gary, I saw in the Shout Box that you had a tour coming up with the Piazzolla band. I'm a huge fan of Piazzolla and I know you are as well. His music is very deep and emotional. I have his book about his life. It seemed that he had very…
15 years 8 months ago - 6 comments
Topics David Friedman will be covering at Feb '10 Workshop
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I'll be covering the following topics: Sound production Phrasing, with and without dampening Thoughts on sticking Practicing concepts A non-traditional scale approach Arranging jazz standards for the vibraphone (I'm glad I'm going! - tm)
15 years 8 months ago - 0 comments
Friedman Thumbnail
tonymiceli
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15 years 8 months ago - 0 comments
Montreux by James Peipon Quartet
James
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Hey everyone, It has been quite a while since I've posted a post of my own... so here we go. This is another of my original tunes that we played at our latest concert at Berklee. It's inspired by the beautiful Swiss town of Montreux.…
13 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
Google Maps of Vanderplas Baileo
tonymiceli
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15 years 8 months ago - 0 comments
VW Workshop Registration Page - Winter February, 6,7 2010
tonymiceli
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Please fill out the form below if you're coming to the workshop. Make sure you pay advance to take advantage of the savings Send Workshop Payments to: Tony Miceli 906 East Passyunk Ave. Philadelphia PA, 19147 You can make paypal payments…
15 years 8 months ago - 0 comments
Mood Indigo by BarryK
BarryK
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I was playing around with some open voicings and heard Mood Indigo, so I decided to work on an arrangement. The is a very rough work-in-progress (i.e., the result of just a couple hours of working on it tonight). I spliced the A and B…
15 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
Blue In Green by Joseph Doubleday
Jdoubleday
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This is a recording of me practicing with my piano teacher. We were just working on learning the tune Blue in Green. I am going to go ahead and post this. Any tips are appreciated.
15 years 8 months ago - 12 comments
Michael Brecker - Solo Sax.
DanaSud
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This is so deep. The LINES!
15 years 8 months ago - 3 comments
Invitation by Philippe Briand
Philippe
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Hey there guys (and dolls) ! About time I posted my attempt at Invitation. I'm not too conspicuous on the site lately. I'm teaching (what little I know) a trumpet player who I hope will be a good playing partner someday. This takes an…
13 years 7 months ago - 4 comments
woody n you by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a very impromptu lesson on Woody N You. I haven't played the tune in a while, but I remember really studying it back in the day and I was thinking of some of cool things about the tune after hearing Tjaco bring the tune up. Here's…
14 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
Don't Just Play, Do Something Else
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
So I'm messing around with Woody n You and I'm having trouble getting ideas. This melody is different from many others I play. So I'm trying to think about 4 mallets and what I'd do. Wasn't making much progress. But my cat is dying, and I…
15 years 8 months ago - 8 comments
The Healing by Saindon, Liebman, Wilson, Clark
ed saindon
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Here's another clip from the same concert that my previous post "Pure Spirit" was taken from. The lineup is Dave Liebman - tenor, Matt Wilson - drums, David Clark - bass and me on vibes. We're performing an original of mine called The…
13 years 7 months ago - 4 comments
You're all fired – I saw the future!
Marie-Noëlle
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Oh man… It finally happened: no more need to practice, any technique, in any key. No more pain in wristles, or bleeding fingers. No more white nights in your basement... You can all sleep in peace: here is the real future of all…
15 years 8 months ago - 5 comments
Working on the New Logo!
tonymiceli
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15 years 8 months ago - 6 comments
10,000 Hours
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
In the book 'This is Your Brain on Music', I'm reading about what it means to be an expert. Many scientists use the 10,000 hour theory. That is generally speaking to become an expert at anything you have to spend 10,000 hours working on it…
15 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
Lars Erstrand – The swedish good vibes we missed…
Marie-Noëlle
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Tarik just posted a cool video of Benny Goodman playing with Swedish vibist Lars Erstrand. Here are a few links in his memory: - Wikipedia bio: I just realised he died this year in March at 72 :o\ : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
15 years 8 months ago - 2 comments
Parker - Merry Go Round
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I spent the night playing through the first chorus of his solo. This is a very serious etude that would challenge most of us on the site, I think!
15 years 8 months ago - 0 comments
Giant Steps by Joseph Doubleday
Jdoubleday
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So I just bought a cool new recorder that plugs right into my iPhone and the quality is really awesome. It is called the Belkin TuneTalk Stereo. It cost me about $70. I thought I would turn it on and play a tune that my lessons teacher has…
15 years 8 months ago - 1 comments
Karn Evil 9 by Tony Miceli & University of the Arts 'Z' Big Band
tonymiceli
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I was asked to play a few numbers with one of our big bands at University of the Arts. They said they have one of the school arrangers arrange something for me and I said. Karn Evil 9. And they said, what did you say? But I convinced them…
13 years 7 months ago - 14 comments
Bobby Hutcherson's new CD "Wise One"
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Blog entry
Amazing. Everyone on this site needs a copy in my opinion. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002K0WC1S Originally scheduled for release next Tuesday, this was apparently release a couple weeks ago. It is Bobby Hutcherson with his regular…
15 years 8 months ago - 0 comments
My One And Only Love by Tjaco Oostdijk
tjaco
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Here is my version of 'My One And Only Love'. I really wanted to play it as a beautiful ballad, and I didn't have a lot of time this week so when I recorded today I really found out that I really need to work on playing ballads. I think…
13 years 7 months ago - 16 comments
Bird is the Word
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I spent part of tonight playing Bird's first chorus on the tune Merry Go Round which is a rhythm changes with a Sears and Roebuck Bridge. S and R Bridge is (key of Bb) F-7 Bb7 Eb Eb C7 C7 C-7 F7. That's what Larry Mckenna always calls it…
15 years 8 months ago - 1 comments
Spain by Ted Wolff
tedwolff
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Spain is one of my all-time favorite Chick Corea tunes. So many of his pieces have this great energy and beautiful melodies. My recording (done about 10 or 12 years ago) had a boring intro that's been removed for this post. Please pardon…
13 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
She's Always A Woman to Me - Choosing Tunes
Joe Locke
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Joe's Performance and lesson on 'She's Always a Woman to Me'.
12 years 6 months ago - 9 comments
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