I am working on "Waltz for Debby" by Bill Evans.
I wasn't going to post it until I did a little better, but Carla asked for something new from me. Here is my best take of the night. Still working on it...
What I am working on here is…
i was listening to Barry's piece tonight and that got me all inspired to play a little bit. Isn't it so cool to come here and get inspired by other players and directions that other people are heading in?
I came home and listened to…
Some time ago, when this place was still at its genesis, I remember Tony wrote this "Music is a language".
Hungarian member Richard Szaniszlo linked this tune today on his FB, and I thought it was a great way to get back to this little…
I think this is so f-n incredible.
We're putting up a hand drum site now, so I'm getting to see some really cool hand drum video as well as recording Todd Isler who's a great percussionist.
This vid is mesmerizing!
Inspired by David's version of Jobim's "Chovendo na Roseira", I decided to study it. Here is a take from my practice session tonight.
An arrangment is available from:
http://www.jobim.org/xmlui/handle/2010/4790
I played most of it from…
Last weekend I was browsing at a local music store and bought a relatively inexpensive mixer, Behringer XENYX1002, because I needed one with two XLR mic inputs and thought I could use it to record my gig this Sunday, rather than just…
I've been working on my basic language skills by checking out some of the old school heavies. I've been mostly digging into Bud Powell. He is so freaking heavy. I think some of it is starting to come out in my playing.
I think Bud Powell…
I'm posting this because I think the rhythm section is so swinging and Larry is playing his ass off!
The vibes distort some on this, but I think for all the rest it's worth checking out
Hey guys not sure if this has been posted but its a really amazing video of Gary Burton and Chick Corea from 1980!
here is part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTNZV2CVQwg&feature=related
Here's a board mix from a recent live concert. Not a great mix, but maybe it's of interest because I use the Mallet kat in the beginning and then switch to the vibes. The vibes are the K&K's. I don't think they are EQ'd very well but…
found these photos that made for a student showing how to deal with small intervals with 4 mallets.
I've attached a zip file with more photos. They're not very glamorous but they show what's up.
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This was the video that I made for the vibe hang last week. Somehow I couldn't get it to convert properly in time for the hang. Tony reminded me to post it, so here it is.
Hopefully I'll get it right on the next hang.
This file is a little…
Hi All-
It's been awhile; lots of exciting things going on around here! I have some fairly exciting news of my own: I'll be appearing at the Melbourne Jazz Festival this May with my band, Nós Novo on the 1st @ Bennett's Lane, and on the…
Here is etude 5. This one has taken me a while to get together and I'm still working on bringing it speed but I think it still sounds good a little slow.
Hello everyone.
I guess the words "Chega de saudade" and Gary Burton associated together remind you all a special feeling...
Well how to describe it ?
to me : historical
But unseen...only my imagination to put the Burton image on this…
Hey guys here is part 3 where I discuss one Upper structure triad option you can use for a V7 chord moving to a Minor i chord.
If you are in the key of C- the triad over the G7 would be Ebmaj. so a maj triad built off of the b6 scale…