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Anthony Kerr (vibes) plays Summertime solo

I first heard of Anthony Kerr in the late nineties when he was a member of Georgie Fame's R&B band, and it caught my attention for no other reason than my fascination with players who have to make the vibes blend into a rhythm section. Anthony now teaches at Royal Academy of Music, and I discovered this solo performance the other day.

What I find interesting is that he plays "Summertime" more uptempo than the usual ballad interpretations one would expect from a soloist. I like his left-hand technique as well, and his sense of time pulls it together.

A Cool Duo CD

I love duo CDs especially unconventional ones.

Listen to this one. It's great. Our instrument is as much monophonic as it is polyphonic. To see sax and drums playing a concert here is pretty cool. That means we could really do something great with a drummer as we can play some chords as well!