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While looking through old research files for my Ph.D. dissertation (1976) about the New York Jazz Community, I came across this program from a 1975 concert by David Friedman and David Samuels that I attended. I remember speaking with Dave Samuels afterwards since there were so few marimba players doing jazz, which both Dave's did regularly as Double Image. I don't recall if I spoke with David Friedman, but I might have. Ironically, the piano player in my current group, the Brooklyn Jazz Collective, is the son of one of David Friedman's students from that era.

While looking through old files of background material for my Ph.D. Dissertation (1976) on the New York Jazz Community, I came across the program from a 1975 concert by David & David that I attended. I remember speaking with Dave Samuels afterward since there weren't many instances of anyone playing marimba in a jazz context, which both did regularly. I don't recall speaking with David Friedman, although I might have, briefly.

I did this for my student Dan. We wanted to play very inside over the Tune Quasimodo which is a contrafact for Embraceable You.

Everybody should download this and put your choruses on and post it.

Hi vibes lovers today i'd like to show you an easy but effective way to harmonize melodies.
Remember my rules of thumb:

Melody in the middle high register = open voicings (1-3-7 or 1-7-3 plus the note of the melody line)
-If the melody is the root or 5th you play RH 1-5, LH 3-7
-If the melody is 3th or 7th you play RH 3-7, LH 1-5
-If the melody is not a chord tone remember to play at least the 3rd and the 7th

Here's a quick version of #18 done in McClaren park, SF.