Playing bebop heads at ANY tempo is really great for your hands. I am getting so much out of playing through all these tunes every day. Making lessons and videoing and just playing the heads and chords is an amazing thing to do for my playing and I assume will be for yours as well.
I hope you guys really put time into all this!
I hadn't played this song in quite a long time but I was working on it last week with Lucas, a wonderful vibist from Brazil studying with Gustavo and I at Berklee. We were discussing various solo vibraphone techniques and ways of approaching it as a solo vibe performance. I just ran through it this morning to see what would happen. There are some loose spots where I almost go over the edge but I guess that's what keeps it interesting. I can blame it on the coffee. Ha!Ha! I think I love every composition that Jobim ever wrote.
Solo vibraphone version of the beautiful composition by the great composer Astor Piazzolla.
We will do 7 weeks of bebop tunes with assignments. If anyone completes all the assignments they will get a vibes workshop certificate of completion.
July 11 Fried Bananas
July 18 Donna Lee
July 25 Scrapple
August 1 Crazeology
August 8 Groovin' High
August 15 Tricotism
August 22 Au Privave
The sheet music for the 7 weeks is attached to this post.
Ok do you want to really learn and work on stuff during the summer?
Listen and learn! Gloria has a lot of great vibe players on her radio show!
Hi All,
Playing the classic song "Darn That Dream" with inspiration from the great pianists like Art Tatum, Errol Garner, Dave McKenna, Teddy Wilson and Oscar Peterson. I was listening to Tatum (Pablo recordings) this week during the commute to Boston. I hadn't listened for awhile. Still unbelievable.
Hi everybody.
This post is addressed more to French audience.
I have the great pleasure to invite you to the Port Barcares Jazz Festival where my trio Babu Combo will play The 2nd of July, 17:OO AM to 18:45 AM.
The night will end with Manu Dibango and his whole band.
Free entrance.
http://portbarcares.com/fr/menu/evenements
Babu : vibraphone and guitar
Jean-Pierre Barreda : bass
Stéphane Beuvelet : drums
If you are around Port Barcares, come with us to have fun !
Hi Guys this month i'm going to do the second part about So what voicings.
I'll apply the voicings to harmonize a melody (Bags Groove), and for comping purpouse using this particular structure (II-V-I)
As usual feel free to contact me through my website: www.giovanniperin.com
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Have a nice week
Giovanni