This a part of our weekly workshops where we had to play a free piece. Tony is the man! We gather all together almost every sunday and play tunes/talk about music. This video has for me a lot of emotions in there and I really hope me and…
Upper Structure Triads - First 8 bars of "Autumn Leaves"
Upper Structure Triads (USTs) is one of the chapters that will be addressed in Volume Two of The Complete Guide To Improvisation. Here is an example that illustrates the use of USTs…
I acquired a Yamaha YV-1600 that seems to have been stored in a rather dusty and humid environment. I just finished cleaning it completely, getting crud out of the resonators and using about a hundred Q-Tips to get all the dirt out of…
Practicing solo vibraphone today on Body & Soul. A few things that I was thinking about during this practice session included: enhancing the harmony via added tensions, Upper Structure Triads and a variety of voicings, varying the…
All consumer video recorders, or camcorders, produce good to excellent video, but usually terrible audio. I have an inexpensive Kodak Zi8 camera, which has an external mic-in port. I can get sort of ok audio when I use a good condenser mic…
Hi Everyone,
It's springtime, or it will be when my April show airs on the 6th and 9th. Hendrik Meurkens is on the bill playing with Chuck Redd, neither one of them on vibes, and then Cal Tjader on the drums with Gus Mancuso. Hagood…
hey guys,
i decided to post another record from my practice journal. and hope for some critics of you. :)
the tunes i played:
darn that dream
recorda me
beautiful friendship
alone together
i don't want to translate all my (german) notes,…
Hi all.
I've never posted before so I hope I'm doing this correctly.
I live in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, not a lot of vibe players here.
So, this website is a nice way to stay in touch.
I used to play a lot of 4 mallet stuff but…
Terry emailed me and ask me to post this comment he has:
Hi Tony,
Once again I got a thought and don't know how to post it so I will do it through you. I was looking at the video of the subject "Using bebop Dominant over suspended chords…
