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I said I'd post this, so I am. :) This is going on my daughter's FB page as a little 'gift' for her birthday. Thank you David for the inspiration! And the writing... I wish I'd had more time for a 2nd take, haha. Not terribly satisfied but…
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I figured I'd try and record this from memory, despite only starting to memorize it a few days ago. Lots of little technical errors but the goal was to put up something displaying my level of technical competence at this point. My…
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I recently had to move my Musser M75 and decided to replace the damper felt while I had it broken down. Now that the new felt is on, I'm having problems getting the damper set properly. With the spring fully engaged there are notes in the…
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Big shout out to Joe's Shoe and Luggage repair on Huntington Pike right outside Philly. He went above and beyond to help fix up my old (1977) cases for my M55. He put on new handles, fixed up the straps, patched some holes up, and best of…
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"You Are My Sunshine" - I love the piano trios with pianists like Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris and Monty Alexander. Straight ahead jazz with an easy and swingin' time feel. Also of course in this category would be the Ray Brown trios with…
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Check out the Beginning and also check it out at about 42 minutes.
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Ok so I'm considering the MalletKat Pro. So the MalletKat company (AlternateMode) has units such as the Yamaha Motif XS as the sound module. My question is there any other option not sold or mentioned by AlternateMode, that malletheads are…
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Recorded this on the fly yesterday with the phone for Fourth of July 2018. With some reharm here and there. A beautiful and timeless song.
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Here is a way to practice the blues. Be strict about it... You'll see. Chinese translation for Chinese students. 藍調音階,需要很重視語法(phrases),也就是怎樣組成個音階才像blues的語彙。 F blues scale: F Ab Bb B C Eb F 練習方法(in F key): 先打F and C, 製造一個固定低音的聲響(set a pedal…
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Way too hot to work in the yard today so I'm in the house playing some vibes. I was running through an Astor Piazzolla book featuring his compositions and came across this song titled "Tango Choc". I'm basically sight reading through this…
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besides my noisy instrument. i love this duet with david. what a great vibe player he is! the noisy instrument is partly my fault. if the instrument is noisy use harder mallets. BUT I WON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM ANY MORE WILL I? No because I…
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I am working on an arrangement to Genesis' tune "Follow You Follow Me". Here is my best take of the night's practice; messed up the solo section :-(, but I like the rest of it. In the intro and chorus, listen for the repeated notes in the…
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All keys all modes You have any? post them here. Interesting ways of practicing scales!
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This is an arrangement of Peace with the melody in the bass. It works surprisingly well and opens up some interesting possibilities for the harmony.
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I'm doing some recording this week with a bass player. We spent a whole session last week putting together and recording this arrangement of "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me". As much fun as improvising is, I love putting little…
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I've always loved this tune from the Coltrane and Johnny Hartman album. Joe Locke also has a great version on his first "Blues and Ballads" CD. I got to play it on a gig recently with a sax player. I had a job interview this morning and I…
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A great Mainieri Solo!
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Hi Everyone, July's program is coming up on the 1st (rebroadcast on the 4th) with two new players, John Cocuzzi and Lennie Cuje. Cuje plays on "In Walked Bud," from Ron Holloway's CD Slanted. Cocuzzi plays the ever so wistful "What'll I…
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totm - Peace - Part II
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