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In this video you can see a transcription of a Milt Jackson solo on the »La Ronde Suite«, composed by John Lewis as recorded by the »Modern Jazz Quartet« in Jan. 1955. The »La Ronde Suite« has four movements. Each movement features one of the instruments of the quartet. The vibraphone is featured in part 3.

hey,
not too much vibes in it but i thought i post it anyway.caught from our last gig with the zappa cover band called dangerous kitchen. we recorded the whole gig so if you want there´s more to come :)
it´s so much fun to play in this band.i would love to play mallets there but there´s already a great guy doing this job.

the band is:

Holger Auer – vocals
Martin Lelgemann – keyboards
Jörg Eschrig – guitar, backing vocals
Daniel Neustadt – bass
Michael Koball – vibes & marimba, backing vocals
Guido Montag – trumpet
Ferdinand Rexforth – saxophones
Romel Stoica – trombone

Enjoy !

Hey All,
Hard to believe, it's five years since Good Vibes, the first and only broadcast program to feature the vibraphone, first went on the air.

I just wanted to post a congrats to Christos (Rafalides) for releasing his new suite for solo vibraphone, Reaching For Sindhu. I've had a chance to listen to the piece and check out the sheet music... and it's a really great piece of music! Here are the links to both the video (where Christos explains various elements and performs the piece), and also his website where the music is available, in both digital and hard copy formats. Check it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3dp2GzUTmE

Excited to be a guest at the
2015 Pennsylvania 'Percussive Art Society' Day of Percussion

SATURDAY, April 25
Millersville University Winter Center
3 - 4:00 pm: CLINIC - Murley Recital Hall
7:30 pm: CONCERT w/ Daniel Glass and MU Jazz Ensemble in Biemesderfer Concert Hall

SUNDAY, April 26 - VIBES WORKSHOP EVENT
at Millersville University hosted by James Armstrong
featuring Christos Rafalides
SCHEDULE:
10-12 jazz improvisation
1-4pm solo vibraphone performance practice and student performances

Fellow vibe-heads, no shortage of "good vibes" in NYC these days! Mark Sherman, Steve Shapiro and Joe Locke have upcoming shows, check it out:

http://www.nycjazzvibes.com/event-schedule.php

While you're at it, please take a look around the site (nycjazzvibes.com). I welcome feedback, and, I'm hoping to add a podcast very soon, maybe a monthly featured mallet artist that we will profile.

...and when you're in NY or nearby, hope to see you at a vibes show :)

-Anthony

Hey All,
For years I have wanted a marimba to play on occasional gigs and to have in my studio. But I didn't want a giant instrument that would take up a ton of room and I really didn't want to have to carry around a bunch of bars (at the two ends) that I only use occasionally.
The other day I had a Craigslist feeling and sure enough there was a 3 octave (interestingly G to G) Deagan Imperial for a few hundred bucks.

Tom Beckham, on why he chose the vibraphone as his main instrument:

Really looking forward to getting Joe's new recording "Love Is A Pendulum". Joe was here at the house in January with Gustavo and I for a nice weekend hang of playing, cooking and conversation. It was a lot of fun and very productive since Gustavo and I got a chance to pick Joe's brain about his improv concepts and what he's playing and working on. Joe gave us a sneak preview of the new recording and we were blown away. The recording is inspiring and superb in terms of the writing, playing and production. This will be a gem for sure and I can't recommend this recording enough.