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Here’s a version of Philippe and me playing Henry Mancini’s The Days of Wine and Roses. It’s a fun tune to solo on since the changes are so interesting to maneuver through. We play the first part of the tune in F and then modulate in the second half to Ab which gives the tune a lift. The great pianist Bill Evans played it this way. Also, Joe plays it this way on his tribute album to Mancini which by the way is a fantastic recording and one of my favorite recordings of Joe.

This piece can be done solo (both parts) or as a duet. Because the melody is mostly arpeggios you can leave the pedal down a lot and get a nice full sound. There isn't much mallet dampening you need to do, again, because of all the arpeggios that make up the 2 parts. The tempo marking can be adjusted up or down as you need. The piece sounds pretty good either slower or faster, which makes it a great piece for players at all skill levels.

Hi guys,

Here's a clip of Philippe Mace on marimba and me on vibes from the Paris performance on May 7th. We're playing one of my tunes titled Hope. You can view or download Hope here: http://www.edsaindon.com/images/pdf/hope.pdf

There's a clip of us playing Invitation, but it's not quite right in terms of the synchronization of the audio and video. Tony graciously said he would try to fix that. If he can, I'll post that as well.

Ed

Attached is the Bach chorale "Ach Gott Und Herr" redone/arranged for 4 mallet solo vibes. The original key is Cmaj. These are great for learning theory (voice leading, etc), 4 mallet chording and sight reading. Enjoy.

Hello everyone,

I just added several more videos to YouTube. The clips are from a gig (outside of Chicago) which took place on April 20th, 2009. The band features: Rodrigo Villanueva - drums, Doug Stone - soprano and tenor sax, John Tate upright bass and me on vibes. The list of tunes include: Black Orpheus Part 1 & 2 along with my compositions The Healing, The Last Goodbye, Deep Hearts and Pure Spirit.

Hello everyone,

I wanted to let you know that I just uploaded some new videos to YouTube. The videos are from my May 7th clinic and concert with Philippe Mace at the conservatory in Paris. Here's the link to my YouTube page which lists the videos: http://www.youtube.com/edsaindon

Here’s a list of what was just uploaded:

Clinic: Solo Vibraphone Playing, The Fulcrum Grip, Sticking Concepts for the Vibraphone, Dampening Techiques on the Vibraphone

Concert: My Funny Valentine (solo vibraphone), Invitation, Hope and The Days of Wine and Roses (Philippe on marimba and me on vibes)

I am a huge fan of Gary and this video I found! Very Interesting I think is from the pre rock/jazz/ fusion stuff
also you can see some dampening techniques and great solo.. Larry Coryell -guitar

Brian Blade sounds so good on this!