Tony's description (and playing) of the "Batman Blues" finally got the idea of F7|F7|F7|F7|Bb7| etc. across to me. However, now everything I try to play in FBlues mode sounds like Batman, and absolutely nothing sounds like folks in the…
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I've landed quite a few gigs this year, and the fact that they keep coming made me realize there's a lesson here for newish vibes players. When I joined VWS I wasn't brave enough to do what I am now, so I'm writing this for…
Exciting day for me today. I was officially added to the faculty of the Hawaii youth percussion ensemble, in Honolulu, Hawaii. I had a chance to work with these kids back in February and they are truely amazing ... my duties with the…
This jpg is a manuscript of an exercise I have been doing daily for a while now. I think its kinda cool they way the shape of the scale wraps around which in turn really twist the scale into other ideas ...
the basic idea came from a…
I was fooling around with a major montuno and put a melody to it while keeping the pattern going. I went to the piano to work some things out and my daughter rushes in saying, "What's that"? All proud of myself I said it was a song I…
Check out the audio. It's the solo from Sibelius with a click. You should put in the chords and analyze the notes a little bit. You'll notice in the first chorus, no flat nines or altered anything. I saved it for the second chorus.
Also…
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It's always fun to introduce new (to me) vibes players. This month there are three -- Peter Schlamb, Jerry Weir and James Westfall. Schlamb plays on a Ben Van Gelder tune, "August," Westfall plays with The Wee Trio on Live at the…
Hello everyone, I just created a new YT channel titled Ed Saindon Piano. Uploaded clips include solo piano versions of Danny Boy (using harmony from Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett) as well as several renditions of Tennessee Waltz. Here's a…
David, I’ve put your 1995 trio album with Dino Saluzzi and Anthony Cox called Rios on my mp3 player a few weeks ago, and I’m really surprised how much I’ve been returning to it. What stands out for me is the combination of bandoneon and…
This video was recorded in Dec. 2013 on the legendary »Fröhliche VibeNacht« we did in the church of Haukes hometown Zetel (Lower Saxony/Germany). Each one of us starts with a solo version of a tune followed by an accompanied improvisation…
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this is my 4th song of my new studio project.
i had fun doing the audio but not the video...but i think it´s important.
Warning! This Video contains shocking images against animals, which happens everday all over the world. don´t close…
Here is your assignment:
Play this all over your instrument. Just play the progression. Grab a spot and a voicing and play it. Move to another spot and play it. Use the chord symbols, not the notes. Play in all inversions.
Then let's…
I had an amazing and busy summer.
I can inform all of you including Gary Burton and Dave Friedman who talked about the demise of the vibraphone that it is still out there and strong. Sure not like a guitar, but it's there and WE are all…
