Wow!!! Somehow I missed this album.....what a beautiful record! The instrumentation, the compositions, the understated intensity/groove of the whole thing...so deep. Man, wish I new a burning accordion player to jam with!
Mallets +…
"Poinciana" - In the home music studio today playing the classic song from 1936. Two of my favorite versions are from great pianists Ahmad Jamal and Keith Jarrett.
找適當的音階對應和弦 Putting the Scales in the Chords
你可以用這個方式想想：和弦音、和弦音以外的音，這兩種因素組成了音階。
＊以下譜例：和弦音（圖一）、和弦音以外的音（圖二）、把這兩個放在一起得到Dorian音階。
改變一些和弦音以外的音，你會發現原本的音階會產生不同的聲響，也就是不同的音階。看看下面的譜例，我們把B改成Bb，你會發現音階變成了Aeolian音階。這代表了，改變任何和弦音以外的音就可以產生新的音階。…
I have two. The one I recently played on. It had a gel damper with no gel in it. Go figure.
I played on one in Cuba, where a person had to sit near me because the posts on the vibes would fall over some how and they had to fix the note.…
Burton - Times Square
I love this cd. Check out this youtube vid. It's a record! Some of you will probably think it sounds horrible. But I loved and love records. When I hear that sound of the record a little worn I get chills!
This cd I…
Hi All,
Fourth of July is coming up fast, and that means the July show is just before, on July 2. I'll play two different versions of "America," Mike Mainieri's from CD Crescent and Bob Masteller's recorded live at the Jazz Corner. I'm…
Here's a play along I made for a student.
We are working on moving 2 5's through the keys. So the Progression is:
C | C | Gmin7 | C7 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Cmin7 | F7 | Bbmaj7 etc. get it?
i wrote out voicings and i played a solo where I…
20% Off of Beiner Bag Cases for the Next 30 days.
Grant Beiner makes great cases! He's a percussionist so he knows what we need! I asked Grant for a very good discount for Vibeworkshop members and he offered 20%.
Here's the thing:
Go to…
Aimee Nolte has some great stuff on Youtube. I came across this lesson on Bill Evans' playing on Blue in Green. The "minimalist" piano style is really well-suited to the vibes for obvious reasons. I've attached a clip of me playing the…
Sunday June 25th there will be a Wine Tasting - House Concert featuring myself and Violinist Diane Monroe.
It will take place at 3pm in the Germantown area of Philadelphia in a nice (environmentally green) house (my house).
Come if you…
So last summer I posted a lesson entitled "Incorporating Brubeck Ideas into your Solo Vibe Practice and Performance" where I discussed different solo vibraphone techniques I learned from practicing a reduction of Dave Brubeck's performance…
I haven't been an active member for a long time, but I'm hoping to change that. I thought I would start with a recent video of my quartet playing "footprints" at a local club. Please also check out my website and leave me some feedback. I'…
I learn and I learn and I learn.
I thought Jenco's totally sucked. Well I thought they were for students. Randy Suttin is the kind of guy who is way more open to instruments and sounds than me.
So I checked out Peter Schlamb's new CD…
