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I've been listening to the great pianist Art Tatum for the past few weeks while commuting to Boston to teach at Berklee. I hadn't listened to Tatum for quite awhile. I listened to all of the tracks from the Solo Masterpieces. Still…
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A must see for all vibe players!
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Peace - a beautiful ballad by pianist Horace Silver
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Scrapple is cool tune mainly because it's a variation of rhythm changes. Instead of I VI II V for the first 4 bars, it's ii V and then the rest of rhythm changes. Here are my assignments. 2 line studies and two chord studies. Do one of…
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aloha .. sharing his amazing night of music with you all .. over the last couple months I've been working with the great percussionist from spyro gyra Gerardo Velez .. he invited me to be featured on his 2nd night at the blue note in…
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aloha VW i hope everyone is safe and in good positive Vibe rations.... Joe locke recently posted an great article from a keyboard article that was based on concepts with the Minor penatonic scale. using the Cmin pentatonic C Eb F G…
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Posting two of these lines counts for one assignment :)
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Hey everyone, Some extra lessons are on the way. With the busy vibes week in Delaware, I'll be helping Tony out by getting a few more lessons up for our 7WOB. Check this etude out. There's good language ideas in here, not just for…
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I am currently looking to invest into a pro vibe. Before hand I used a Ross from the school I taught at to play gigs. I am looking for a good vibe to gig and move around alot, but I don't want to compromise sound. I am asking to get info…
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Hi Guys this month i'm going to do a lesson about bebop licks. I took four Charlie Parker licks and I transposed them in different key in order to get familiar with them. The purpose is that they become part of our vocabulary. Is…
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It's great to play fast but playing slow is an equally monumental challenge. Phrasing, time, space,....some of the problems to deal with. I did one take and thought I could maybe do better with a second one but I wanted to share the…
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Thanks Saxlaw
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I did a little interview recently for the radio, about Warren Wolf's new album 'Convergence'. It's a really nice record, full of humour and personality, and features a stellar band (Christian McBride, John Scofield, Brad Mehldau and Jeff…
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Here's a version of Scrapple vibists might not be familiar with. I think Jim really shows how far you can stretch these bebop tunes. This record also more or less changed jazz guitar playing forever. -Tristan
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hi all, here's a tune i worked on awhile back and wanted to know what you guys think. Wish I built the solo more and brought the band down, though.
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I think it was Roger that mentioned in the last video lesson I posted of Donna Lee my eighth notes were straight. I thought it was just for the lesson and I was demonstrating something. But I guess they're pretty straight here also. I…
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Here's the whole cd: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/donna-lee/id400295067 Tom Lawton is a truly great piano player! Thanks Barryk for reminding me.
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It's great to listen to Gloria Krolak's Radio hour. You will here vibe players that you won't here on the radio or find any other way. It's great to hear guys you know nothing about and go 'wow they sound great'. Well, or 'I don't dig that…
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It's great to listen to Gloria Krolak's Radio hour. You will here vibe players that you won't here on the radio or find any other way. It's great to hear guys you know nothing about and go 'wow they sound great'. Well, or 'I don't dig that…
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