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Hi All-

It's been awhile; lots of exciting things going on around here! I have some fairly exciting news of my own: I'll be appearing at the Melbourne Jazz Festival this May with my band, Nós Novo on the 1st @ Bennett's Lane, and on the 4th with Jo Lawry's quintet. We'd of course love to see any Melbourne/Aussie vibeworkshoppers in attendance... I mean, all are welcome of course, but it's kind of a schlepp for the rest of you!

I found this rarity. The legendary New York-based percussionist and studio musician Phil Kraus jamming on a Mallet Kat(!!)with Harry and Harvey Sheppard, Isn't Harry a member of the site? Apparently it was an 80th birthday party for Harry. All three of them trade solos on the electronic mallet instrument. Mr. Kraus is the one with the glasses, dark(still!!) hair and sort of a plaid shirt. This was filmed in Houston, TX, where Mr. Kraus has lived for several years since retiring from the biz.

Hey guys not sure if this has been posted but its a really amazing video of Gary Burton and Chick Corea from 1980!

here is part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTNZV2CVQwg&feature=related

This was the video that I made for the vibe hang last week. Somehow I couldn't get it to convert properly in time for the hang. Tony reminded me to post it, so here it is.

Hopefully I'll get it right on the next hang.

This file is a little big, so wait for it to load a bit first.

TJ

I have an effects pedal that has a very basic looper on it, so I decided to get it out yesterday and see what happened. Insensatez is a tune I use a lot because it sounds cool as a fast samba or partito alto funk, but it sounds just as good as a slow ballad. This is the version I came up with Saturday morning, let me know what you think!

Did you ever watch a video or listen to music and it just seemed nice. Not flashy or anything just nice? I keep coming back to this video and just like it. This guy's not doing anything spectacular but I think it's simple and cool.

Isn't that the art of making music? To ALSO be able to play simply and capture a listener? I think of folk guys like John Prine and Steve Earl and others who just play simple music but it holds your attention!

Ok just thinking out loud here.

In the first half of the video is a Morello Drum solo. It's pretty smokin.

Hi all,

I'd like to introduce for those who don't know him Emmanuel Séjourné, a great mallet master here in France.

He's a great pedagogue, composer, player, with appart from mastery, humor and fantasy.

He's playing here a marimba piece with six mallets, a few partners... and fun!

His website: http://www.emmanuelsejourne.com/

Enjoy!

- M

Marco is a great vibes player.

Some time ago, when this place was still at its genesis, I remember Tony wrote this "Music is a language".

Hungarian member Richard Szaniszlo linked this tune today on his FB, and I thought it was a great way to get back to this little phrase... from the Boss of the place, here so well 'illustrated' by a huge language master...

I love the way he speaks through his guitar, really talking to us...

Enjoy!

- M