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I played this song with my student Oliver Mayman. He's a fantastic player and graduating in a couple of weeks. He will be missed! 
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Andrei Pushkarev (vibraphone) He is a great player!
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From my CD: Vibe from N.Y. David Kovins: Vibraphone and Drums Nicki Parrott: Double Bass
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I'v alway loved this gospel hymn.  The reharmonization I had just done is based on the guitarist Jerry HAHN's, and was hot off the press. That's why I was reading the sheet music throughout. The bassist Tom and I met at Penn State on my…
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I talk about There Will Never Be Another You and include an 'Epic Etude'. 5 Choruses of chord study with some easy soloing. 
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What do you guys think?  It's bizarre to me. They juggle and play bach.... and make a whole bunch of mistakes.  In case you can't see it here's the link. It's on facebook.   Member Randy Sutin sent it to me. 
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Blue Bossa Tony Transcription: https://youtu.be/p5X--sj07NQ Donna Lee First 16 bars: https://youtu.be/XwVTTUB4VTY Blue Bossa 2 chorus solo: https://youtu.be/yPZaXUpdK10 Friedman Etude #9: https://youtu.be/XNTOiMpdEBI
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Hey everyone,  I just heard a recording of "Greasy Greens" from Lionel Hampton's album One of A Kind: Great Moments From Concert Appearances Abroad. I want to learn it, but I can't seem to find it online anywhere. Thanks for any help! 
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The only thing about doing stuff for social media is you have to make something, listen to it and make sure it's at a good standard. And if not you redo it and redo it.  Here's something for youtube reels and tik tok.  And I do really…
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Don't remember if I ever posted this. It's from a concert last year for a festival in Taiwan that was online because of covid.  It was my quartet with special guest (my x student) Chien Chien Lu.   
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Hi everyone, I sent an email blast about this, but in case there's folks not on my list who may be interested in this, I figured I'd post it here too :)        I'm excited to announce the release of a new album! Between the Bars is my…
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I slow down my solo so you can see how I use 4 mallets and comp and play. I say in the video that the most important thing to me are the lines, more important than the comping. IMHO
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I played really simple. It should be fairly easy to transcribe.
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Blue Bossa head with chord accompaniment: https://youtu.be/akBz9J0UDnI Diminished open-closed voicings in G, Ab, & C: https://youtu.be/wTBnPlYdWGQ Blue Bossa with scales: https://youtu.be/ONUGeuGTyQc Donna Lee first 8 bars of head: …
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A really difficult tune by Lennie Tristano. Been practicing the head for a few weeks so here it is warts an all. Now for the rest of it 
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Just talking about the Dizzy Gillespie tune 'Birks Works' and showing a very simple but cool arrangement for the head. 
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