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I really don't post too much in this blog, so here is a shorty on what we're doing at this moment at vanderPlas Baileo. We started to have montly clinics at our facility in Sassenheim, generally every first Saturday of the month. This…
13 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
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Hi everyone, It's short notice, but I will be playing at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC tonight, and you can watch it through a live stream. Just go to www.smallsjazzclub.com and click on the live feed tab. Starts at 9:30PMest. The group is…
13 years 1 month ago - 10 comments
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[Ed will be posting here shortly!!]
13 years 1 month ago - 10 comments
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I have a lead sheet from an old song book but I don't think it has the right changes. I found this online. Are these correct? Key of Eb 4/4 Pickup | G7 | [ Cm Fm7 | Fm7 Bb7 |…
13 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
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http://www.vibesworkshop.com/audio/open-and-closed-voicings-tony-miceli…http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/open-and-closed-voicings-video/tonym…
13 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
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Oh man this is so unbelievable. Terry Pollard is a smoking pianist and then she gets on the vibes and tears it up with Terry Gibbs. And Gibbs is a monster on this!!! I died when i heard this!!!
12 years 10 months ago - 54 comments
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Maybe you guys already saw this before (Marciac 2007). Dana sent it to me yesterday: love it!! :o) Gary? Are you both still sharing that kind of fun moment on stage? ;-)
12 years 10 months ago - 1 comments
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This is beautiful!! Illya Amar worked on that Chaplin film "Easy Street" and played solo vibes on the whole movie. This vid is an excerpt. I warmly invite you to watch it entirely (around 20 mn?) from his website: http://www.illyaamar.com/…
13 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
Content type: Blog entry
So we're about to start studying chords and harmony. In my usual fashion I have no idea what we're going to do. I figure it's like this: There are a lot of vibe players here and we can collectively use all our minds together and really…
13 years 1 month ago - 14 comments
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Hi All, Today, Monday, I am on a clear liquid diet. Tomorrow is the big day. I will be off the board probably for a day and a half and then I will be back. When I come back, that means I am alive and well (automatically). It has been…
13 years 1 month ago - 19 comments
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13 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
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Here's a version of Lush Life from a while back. I was working on 2 things here. You'll here the octaves as soon as the main melody starts and you'll hear me going into the stride stuff after a while. I always try and play some tunes as if…
13 years 1 month ago - 22 comments
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Hi All, I'm happy to tell you all that I will be playing Dana's and Marie-Noelle's "Soulflakes" in my December show. Dana has also given me permission to play his "Christmas Time Is Here." I'll post more about the show in a few weeks.
13 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
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Although this is xylo lesson, if you're a begining vibe improviser definitely check this lesson out.
13 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
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Here's a very important exercise to help with chord voicings. Don't skimp on this one. Spend months on this!! Chienese translation for Chinese Students 開離密集和弦練習(open and closed voicing) 好處:幫助你暢通無阻的演奏各種不同轉位的和聲配置(voicing) 因為練習那些位置上,…
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Hi All, Here's the November 6 and 9 line-up: Behn opens the show with "Overcooked." Then David Friedman with "Rios." Gary Burton/Rebecca Parris and "Au Privave." Pat Metheny and "Blues for Pat" (no vibes) Cecelia Smith Arturo Serra debuts…
13 years 1 month ago - 9 comments
24 hours!
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Content type: Blog entry
in my lesson we talked about approaching practicing for a little, and tony reminded me of a bill evans quote. "It's better to practice one tune for 24 hours than it is to practice 24 tunes in an hour." I'm guessing he didn't mean…
13 years 1 month ago - 7 comments
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Here's my review of the many things we discussed with the blues.
13 years 1 month ago - 0 comments
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Here N°6. The tempo is slow in relation at what is indicated on the book, but no way to play faster. Since the N° 7 is with the same melody, I hope speed will increase with time. Reducing to MP3 format make loose some of the nuances.
13 years 1 month ago - 2 comments
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I found yet another lesson on getting to the four chord. I'll post as a refresher!
13 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
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Ted Wolff posted a video titled 'Never Seen Vibe Playing Like this'.http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/never-seen-vibes-playing/tedwolff/10… I thought I would counter his post with this one! I CAN say that watching Ted's video and this…
13 years 1 month ago - 6 comments
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13 years 1 month ago - 12 comments
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Twenty or so folks, mostly ladies in wheelchairs, at the rest and rehab hospital last night for a sing-a-long with Jocey's soprano voice leading and me on MalletKat synthing vibes. We did a dozen songs in an hour. I played each melody…
13 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
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Dream about them, think about them. Imagine them. Let's get ready to study them for a couple months. Chords, harmony, voicings, colors, shadings. Let's strip them down and build them up. Let's really work hard on chords and harmony and see…
13 years 1 month ago - 1 comments
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Hello Nico, In addition to the van der Plas Gel Pad (wonderful product) what other suggestions (changes) would you make for improving the MUSSER M55 ?
13 years 1 month ago - 11 comments
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