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Emily
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Playing pan and congas at a local Indianapolis club.
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I've been working on solo vibraphone most lately and I had to record this for a competition, so I thought I would post it! Criticism?
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Adapting 3+3+2 to the Balafon Watching the video is the easiest way to grasp ideas and variations. Below are added resources to go deeper into the material. Harmonic Time: Sometimes we need to step away from our primary instrument to…
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I just finished an online lesson with a student and I thought, hmmm I should pass on the gist of what we were talking about which was if you're playing solo, or doing chord melody things on the vibes, play the melody first and decide how…
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When I was much younger, my mentors taught me that the best thing I could do for my playing was to transcribe on a regular basis. They taught me that it was not for the purpose of learning to copy and play solos that others had played,…
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A somewhat “impressionistic” version of Monk’s “‘Round Midnight” using voicings from my book “Voicing Concepts For The Jazz Vibist”.
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Solar
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Tiki!
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So, Tiki bars have become a thing, and the folks who dig this sort of thing really dig vibraphone xylophone. An acquaintance had a gig for me, so I put together this little duo...
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Hi all! I've been working on Woody'n You this week and thought I would share. Solo playing is very challenging for me. I've been trying to work slowly with the metronome and figure out how to accompany myself in a few different ways.
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Billy Wooten was the vibes player on a couple of Grant Green soul-jazz albums, and after touring with Green he decided to come off the road and settle in Indianapolis. As a matter of personal taste, I happen to really enjoy soul-jazz with…
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I told myself before this performance, to just have a good time, and practice in front of people. This is my attempt at putting the "play" back into playing.
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This is a near-forty minute concert by Khan Jamal from 1992, and if you're not interested in the entire concert I'd suggest jumping to 15:30 for the last chorus of "In A Sentimental Mood." You'll hear a couple of amazing cadenzas that take…
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A work in progress. With a little break from teaching today at Berklee I was working on using mallets 4 and 2 for playing lines over the standard "Like Someone In Love". I feel that in my playing, mallet 4 is underutilized and I'm trying…
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I am trying to play vibraphone with broken thumb after a stupid bicycle accident. Next week they will nail my thumb - an unpleasant imagination. But it is not acceptable not to play for 8 weeks.
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This is as good as I think a shuffle can be executed on solo vibes. The tune is "Almost Blues" performed by David Friedman, and I'd like to point out several things I've learned as I watched this multiple times. First, the bass line is…
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Two solo ballads
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For several weeks, I have been using ballads while practicing as a vehicle for working on dynamics, time, and just trying to play decent music. Here are two recent efforts, both long time favorites of mine: Nature Boy and My Foolish Heart…
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While spending way too much time on YouTube this past month, I discovered this tremendous player by accident. Seriously, anyone looking for an entire evening's variety of great bankable material need look no further; if you look through…
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