I found this old TV series called Frankly Jazz with host Frank Evans, and it appears to be late fifties or early sixties. Paul Horn was a Hollywood studio player during that time following a stint in the Chico Hamilton Quintet, and his…
For my mini concert I played three Acadian pieces from Prince Edward Island, Canada. I was so tempted to re-do this after flubbing some parts I usually play really well, but I treated it like a concert and played it just once.
Repertoire…
I've always enjoyed the manner that Lynn Blessing used the vibes as part of Al Jarreau's band back in 1977-78. But I couldn't find a YouTube example where I could watch them perform - until today.
Lynn was a known vibes and keyboard…
This camera rocks. For real-- if you're moving into a basic cam upgrade like I am it's a great option. I ordered a dummy battery for it because it can't be used while charging. Flip up screen, clean HDMI out for streaming etc. etc.
Again…
Theme from "Cinema Paradiso" by the great Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Thinking of everyone in Italy. This is a little clip for all of my vibraphone friends and colleagues there. Hoping things get better soon. Best wishes for everyone…
A few notes, thinking of David Friedman and Tony Miceli...
Sorry, because of the confinement, it's a practice vibraphone, without the tubes (resonators), I play with the only sticks I could find.
not really a mini concert but at least something!
David Tony and i did our masterclass with Morgan,Jared and Oliver yesterday and jared played a beautiful version of peace by horace silver for us.
for some reason i never enjoyed playing…
Been upgrading my livestreaming stuff. Need to figure out eventually if Hypersmooth (GoPro thing) helps or hurts for instrument videos. This was 2.7K at 120 fps.
Audio is just a C02 Pencil Condenser into Zoom H4. Then compressed, reverbed…
Hey folks,
Been working on making more videos about stuff-- even if just streaming/bs'ing and thought this was a good one to make quick as a new member. There's an insane lick in the Sejourne Concerto and I've found a couple key ideas that…
