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We ARE SAVED!! THE INSTRUMENT IS SAVED. THE BAND HAS ARRIVED
tonymiceli
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They are the Dodo's and they have vibes in their band. And btw the Stevens grip will be the grip of the future. We can all rest now. It's over. It will stop hurting soon and we will be able to hold our heads up high and proclaim 'I PLAY…
15 years 8 months ago - 17 comments
Caught Up in My Own Lesson! -V
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Well, when I make up these lessons, they usually leave me with a lot to practice. I've been playing probably a few hundred versions of Invitation over the last few weeks. It's a difficult tune to play solo. And I'm busting my ass on it,…
1 year 2 months ago - 0 comments
All the Things You are by Christos Rafalides
tjaco
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Here is another video of Manhattan Vibes. I really love this intro he plays on All the Things. Well it's actually a really quick solo version of he whole tune in 7/8. The rest of the video is more of a compilation of different parts of…
13 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
Alone Together by Tony Miceli (practicing technique)
tonymiceli
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I found this file from a few months ago. I was talking to a student about practicing but not practicing. Made me think of our talk here on the site about practicing. I will just play tunes to work on anything, technical stuff, form stuff…
13 years 7 months ago - 18 comments
Wayne Shorter, a banjo and a tuba
DrBobM55
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No Vibes, but I have never heard anything like this before...
15 years 8 months ago - 5 comments
Blind Jazz Musicians
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Blog entry
As some of you know, I work in an association for blind peole. Our neighbour is a school for blind teenagers where I sometimes go to attend "lunch break gigs". So I was really happy when Steve and Gary started talking about blind mallet…
15 years 8 months ago - 12 comments
Solar by David Friedman & Philippe Macé
tonymiceli
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Meeting in Paris, David Friedman - marimba, Jean-Charles Richard - sax soprano, Philippe Macé - vibraphone
13 years 7 months ago - 3 comments
Invitation Lesson 3 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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If I had to sum this lesson up in one sentence: Play the melody in all keys. Also in a lesson, I would ask you to tell me things about the melody. I do some of that here in this lesson.
15 years 9 months ago - 1 comments
Smudge by Dan McCarthy
Anonymous
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13 years 7 months ago - 11 comments
Stella Pivot Chords by Tony Miceli
tjaco
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Here is a version of Stella I found in my itunes. NO, it's not me playing, it's Tony ofcourse! Man another amazing version. I don't think this is on the site here yet, and I hope you don't mind me posting this, Tony? I think it's great!…
15 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
Breaking Up the Hands
tonymiceli
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15 years 9 months ago - 5 comments
Available In Blue by Joe Locke & Force of Four
tonymiceli
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Here's a great video of Joe playing 'Available in Blue'. A beautiful tune!
13 years 7 months ago - 16 comments
David Friedman's Texas Hoedown
tonymiceli
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Here's a good performance of David Friedman's new etude 'Texas Hoedown'. I'll buy and send a copy to the first two people who want it and agree to learn it and post a video within 2 months of their performance. (Must be a subscriber)
15 years 9 months ago - 2 comments
Have you Met Miss Jones Duo - pt 1 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Here's my accompaniment to "Have You Met Miss Jones". Play along and post if you want! If you can put the files together then upload the duet.
15 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Invitation Lesson 2 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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When you practice part 2 of the Invitation lesson, you're also working on: Invitation, Cherokee, Laura, Speak Low (sort of), Minority.... can you think of any others?
15 years 9 months ago - 3 comments
Chord Melody for Beginners by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
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Here's some thoughts on chord-melodies. I was talking about these in a lesson and thought I'd pass them on to you. The challenge is for any person who's new to chord-melodies to record and post one. I'll also post some writting examples…
15 years 9 months ago - 0 comments
Blues Etude
wuestentrommler
Content type: Blog entry
Hi there, I'm practicing the Blues Etude (link below) but I have a problem to analyze bar 35. The chord on beat 4 is a bII9, a substitute dominant, right? But what function is a f d bflat a c on beat 1 - 3 in measure 35? Any help, please?…
15 years 9 months ago - 5 comments
Accordion in Jazz and World Music – A serious matter
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Blog entry
A cliché Tony pointed out inspired me on this post: "Accordion is old fashion. People make easily fun of it". Like most people, I used to think so… up to the day I met some French masters. With Gary we talked about Astor Piazzola and…
15 years 9 months ago - 9 comments
Blue Bossa 3 by Tjaco Oostdijk
tjaco
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Here's another one from my archives. Blue Bossa. Here I'm playing a bossa/latin pattern and even go into double time. TJ
13 years 7 months ago - 7 comments
Competition is Good? Just maybe?
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
We've talked about competition on the site for a while now. There are people in both camps. I'm in the middle but not against competition. However like always I'm thinking of everyone on the site and their opinions and thinking about my…
15 years 9 months ago - 72 comments
All Blues Ideas by Tjaco Oostdijk
tjaco
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Ok, and yet another one... This file I found is called: 'All Blues Ideas'. Apparently it is something I recorded a while ago and was A recording with some arranging ideas for All Blues. This mainly focusus on some groove ideas. I tend to…
13 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
Sweet Georgia Brown by Tjaco Oostdijk
tjaco
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Here's a recording of me playing an arrangement of Sweet Georgia Brown with Big Band. Yes, on Vibes. I even play some of Terry Gibbs' solo. This was nice to do and hard. Just Thought I would post... As I said, I'm in a posting mood today…
13 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
Bobby Hutcherson w/ Leroy Downs - Fresh news!
Marie-Noëlle
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This is a great week! After getting fresh news of Emil Richards, we are honored by some recent and cool "postcard" of Bobby Hutcherson! And they could hardly be fresher, as it was taken during the Monterey Jazz Festival which took place…
15 years 9 months ago - 5 comments
Don't Get Around Much Anymore by Tjaco Oostdijk
tjaco
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And yet another one from the same gig. I actually like my comping on this one, but don't really dig my solo. Although at this point I had just practiced two versions of the milt solo(see check this out) in twelve keys. I guess that was…
13 years 7 months ago - 1 comments
Seven Years by Tjaco Oostdijk
tjaco
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Hey Guys, I guess I'm in a posting mode today. This a composition I did about the even years a spent at the conervatory. In my opinion too long to be in one school. I guess you can hear that in this composition, at least I hope. Ok, the…
13 years 7 months ago - 4 comments
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