Here's a video I made with my buddy down in Chiapas, Mexico. When you enter his town there is a huge (I mean huge) sculpture of a marimba. The cool thing is I think it's made out of metal. Touche! We win!
On Marimba is Alexander Cruz a great Marimba and Vibes player!
Hanging, talking, playing!
No matter what your stance is on guns, I think this is pretty cool!
What do you Europeans think? Very American right?
Here's the website: https://www.12gaugemicrophones.com/
As some of you know, for the past few months I've been studying a lot of Bud Powell on piano, and by the transitive property, also vibraphone. I've done a number of transcriptions and analyses, and I've learned almost every tune he ever wrote. So, for some closure before I go to Oscar Peterson, I'll be posting three solo vibraphone versions of his tunes.
Just got off the phone with a few vibesworkshop members and we had a great time studying Green Dolphin Street!
Our goals are to make a solo version in C and then Eb and then we will do a facebook concert where we each play a version of Green Dolphin Street.
Tony has been asking me to do something with vibes and gongs. So, I have been working on it, but to be perfectly honest, most of it just isn't ready for prime time yet. Playing solo, as many of us are finding out in quarantine, is very tough. 35+ years of quartet playing with pianists and guitarists didn't really prepare me for this moment.
So, I'm not ready to do a whole hour of this stuff live yet, but here is a few minutes of what I am up to. I'm learning every day, especially now that I am getting to hear so many accomplished solo players do their thing.
HERE IS OUR FIRST TUNE MEET UP.
MAY 5TH 12 NOON EST - 16:00 UTC
THE TUNE IS GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
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Tony Miceli is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: TUNE MEET UP - GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
Time: May 5, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86558284573?pwd=Q1k3WUJaUFBpaTdvR3dZU2phUThFQ…
That simple. Trade choruses with me on Blue Bossa. Record it and post it here!