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Here is Morten Grønvad from Danemark... smooooking!! :o)
Morten is a member here as "Mogreen". I hope he comes around more often and share with us!
If you take a lot at his hands, you might notice he's using the Mainieri Pinky grip... Never saw anyone except the master himself being at ease with it!! Wow!!

Listen to this Romanian vibist, in a beautiful rendition of Richard Galliano's Laurita. Great clear sound and technique (tasty bended notes in the first head). Enjoy !

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Presenting music from their upcoming release Blue November.

Manhattan Vibes

Christos Rafalides; vibraphone
Sergio Salvatore: piano
Ricardo Rodriguez: bass
Vince Cherico: drums

sets at 8pm and 10pm

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www.manhattanvibes.com

Hey guys,
hope everybody is well.
I'm playing in Switzerland with Latin-Jazz Pianist Hector Martignon and his Quartet from November 16th to 19th and I'm looking for an instrument. Please let me know if there is anyone that can lent me or rent me a vibraphone in Switzerland.
Feel free to contact me at
christosraf@mac.com

thank you

/christos
www.manhattanvibes.com

Hello guys, I just created a new YouTube channel to post some clips for marimba. We just posted clips on marimba of Duke Ellington's blues Things Ain't What They Used To Be and Carlos Jobim's O Grande Amor. I'll be posting some more clips including Clapton's Tears in Heaven, Morricone's theme from Cinema Paradiso and an excerpt from Bach's Sonatas and Partitas that I improvise on. The marimba is such a beautiful instrument. I'd like to put some more marimba clips out there that show other possibilities for the marimba that I don't think the marimbists are taking advantage of.

Hello guys, I just created a new YouTube channel to post some clips for marimba. We just posted clips on marimba of Duke Ellington's blues Things Ain't What They Used To Be and Carlos Jobim's O Grande Amor. I'll be posting some more clips including Clapton's Tears in Heaven, Morricone's theme from Cinema Paradiso and an excerpt from Bach's Sonatas and Partitas that I improvise on. The marimba is such a beautiful instrument. I'd like to put some more marimba clips out there that show other possibilities for the marimba that I don't think the marimbists are taking advantage of.

this is a free improvisation I did on the 6th of november 2011

Nico, how do we tighten up loose posts?

Hey guys, I've been seeing lots of great posts lately on comping, voicings, duo/solo playing, playing Brazilian music...(that Gary clip with Stan playing Jobim just knocks me out). Here's a clip from a recent gig sort that ties in some of those topics. I'm a hug fan of Jobim and Brazilian music in general. I was in Sao Paulo for about a week and loved it. The people, food, music were all fantastic.

More questions on comping.

1. What rhythms should you use? There are all of the charleston variations. Stride quarter note feel. Then there is the modern broken rhythms like you hear Chick and Herbie use a lot. But when and where do you play these?

It's funny. I don't even know the Charleston variations! You know I just bought some cd's and listened to a few of the guys play and tried to imitate it. Then since then I just kept listening to things and picking up things. My advice is just listen to a few of the stride players and then try and recreate it on the vibes.