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This clip is from Ralph Gleason's PBS show Jazz Casual from 1962. I always thought of this piece as the "odd man out" in the repertoire of the Modern Jazz Quartet only because you don't think of them as playing Ornette Coleman's music.…
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For me there was a whole study around comping on the vibes. Comping is just Accompaniment. No rules. So how do you play alternate sticking and comp. Well I use mallet number 1. I tie it in with Mallet number to I count the sticks left to…
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Hi Guys here 's my vibraphone solo version of the famous jazz standard "On Green Dolphin Street". I was unsure about the key to choose so I played half on C and Half on Eb!!! If you are interest in the score please log in as a subscriber…
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Please see the attached assignment and do the 8 bar exercise at the end! I'll be checking again at the end of the week :)
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After viewing the video, check out the attached PDF. See where you can apply this great sound to the study tune I created. Post your results by Friday morning and I will check in :)
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This is the pilot episode from the late fifties detective series Johnny Staccato, played by John Cassavetes. He's a former jazz pianist turned detective. At Waldo's, the bar he likes to frequent and sit in, there's another house band…
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Triad Pairs are a cool notion. After this lesson you can probably make up your own. WHOOOPS! IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS I SAY CMAJ AND CMIN I MEAN C MAJ AND DMIN. ALSO SEE THE ATTACHED FILE BELOW FOR A QUICK LOOK AT TRIAD PAIRS. Remember…
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This is from the 1958 series Peter Gunn, where the house band in the series features Lola Albright on vocals and Victor Feldman on vibes. Note the interplay between Victor and Lola on this excellent "cool" rendition of "How High The Moon…
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I just dicovered this great presentation, enjoy !!!
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If you're old enough, you probably remember back in the 80's when there was a popular advertising campaign for Windy's that coined the phrase "Where's the beef?" I've found that the current state of affairs in music has a relationship to…
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Open-Closed in F Major, LBGLW a minor/b minor7
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Here matt. so you have to practice it and post your version here since i did it for you :-). can anyone beat him?
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This is a demonstration/lesson about harmonizing the blues scale to create chord solos. I hear this a lot in piano players and big band writing. It can be a little tricky to move chords around on the vibes quickly, but it works pretty well…
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Steve Hobbs
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Here's a video of Steve Hobbs. He's a vibe player from I think Virginia, or one of the Carolina's. He plays great. Check him out.
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This is a recording from a rehearsal. No, reverb, no editing, nothing. Just one time through. I like the intimate way the band is interacting combined with the group time feel. Hope you like it.
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This was an evening of improvisation and spontaneous invention. I'm sure everyone will recognize this piece,
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Hi there, for those of you interested in a beautiful marimba in Germany or Netherlands, Belgium and France, please do read on: With a broken heart I´ve decided to sell my Marimba. It was the official Keiko Abe instrument, which she used…
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Hi vibes lovers today i'll talk about John Coltrane one of the most innovative musician in modern jazz: i'll explain you the theory behind his harmonic world starting from one of his greatest tune called Giant Steps. Coltrane…
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This is the final upgrade of this year for this vibe. I'm heading out for another 8 to 9 month deployment to Antarctica but when I return (in Mid-July, 2018), I'll put the final toughes on this instrument and make 5 to 10 frames that will…
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Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - working out some lines and improv concepts this morning on this classic song.
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