Here is someone who obviously adores Milt Jackson, as do a lot of people on this site. However, even though this person does not obviously "sound" like Milt, they have managed to play an exact solo by Milt with his nuances. Enjoy!
Ok, here's the first 6 mallet guy I've seen playing more like a jazz player and playing some lines. dritske posted a comment with this link. I thought I'd put the vid up here.
I think when you learn a tune you should come up with a SIMPLE solo version of each tune. I also think that studying any part of any tune is a major source of information. I've been working on Speak Low thanks to Behn!
I got this from Christos FB account... and I loved it!
To me a very good example of mallets in "popular" but good music... In Greek! Cool huh? And with marimba: even more original, no?
Enjoy!
- MN
Hi vibes players!
One day I was practicing scales and I thought: "all the work with scales, areas, voicings, etc, in vibes is about making pictures in the keyboard!" then I said: "If I know the picture well all the rest is easy", ergo "I…
I would like to buy David Friedmann's "Air Sculpture" but have not found it yet.
Can someone please point me in the right direction?
Thank You in advance (tia)
Hey Vibes Workshop,
I was in Berlin for a few days, and had the opportuny to meet again the "Friedman Clan", Charly and Simon.
We played some tunes at the university, duets with marimba and vibes. Unfortunately, we only recorded this one…
can you guys see this video below?
also does this page load ok? http://www.vibesworkshop.com/faculty/tony_miceli
if you got a second could you leave a comment and let me know. thanks, tony
I just enjoyed the lesson of Mike Pinto. I'm a fan of his CD "Prologue"... I totally dig the sound of vibes with sax and voice. So now I have a band in this formation.
This is a composition of mine called "strange country". It's just a…
This is the tune I was playing with Tony in Holland in the "This is why Marie is so hip" video. It's got a beautiful melody and beautiful, simple changes, which nevertheless pose a challenge. I like to play this tune as a solo piece as…
Today was my last day in Philly, I finally got to sleep a little bit which was nice. I checked out of the hotel and went down to the University of the Arts where I was going to sit in on one of Tony's classes an hour later. I had planned…
Hello, my name is Chris Varga and I'm new to the site. I was based in Chicago, but have lived in Seoul, Korea for quite some time now.
At Tony's urging, I humbly post a track from my recent album...
The record features Kenji Omae on sax,…
I was listening to the tune Baladhi. When the guitar takes a solo Rudresh accompanies him. It was really cool. I learn alot from things like that. Because I think sometimes, ok that's my left hand and i can see how simply i can accompany…
here is part 3 where I discuss improvising using the upper structure triads on the dominant chords for "My One and Only Love"...
For example...
In the A section you have a B-7b5 to E7 to A-....
for the E7 I use a G triad as the upper…