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Unfortunately, I didn't find the time to work on a Christmas tune this year, so this is a repost of an arrangement I did two years ago of the Christmas Carol "In the Bleak Midwinter." Even though it's not a jazz thing, I'm really proud of this one. I love the sound of chorale-style voices on the vibes.

Merry Christmas!

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - A spontaneous version of this classic which is always a favorite this time of year. Happy Holidays to everyone!

"Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" - one of my favorites played and sung by the great Louis Armstrong. I love this style of old time jazz. Used to listen a lot to Louis, Eddie Condon, Bobby Hackett, Dave McKenna, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Sidney Bechet,...So many great players from that era.

OK, so here I'm practicing lines over the changes to Staffan's tune, "...Or someone else"
I counted it off, to make the goal tempo clear. I'm NOT using a metronome, although I would recommend it if you haven't done much practicing like this. I'm concentrating on keeping the tempo and phrasing. Oddly enough, note choices take a back seat to these other considerations.

Lead sheet is attached.

2 Minute Vibe Masterclass – Playing lines over Green Dolphin Street with a focus on various improv techniques along with single and combination sticking as well as utilizing all four mallets.

Machine Learning is everywhere, so it seems, including training for Fully Self Driving cars such as Tesla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucp0TTmvqOE

Music repair (thanks to Randy for introducing us to this),
https://www.izotope.com/en/products/rx/features.html

I still haven't seen this one myself. I know one of the resonator demonstrations I wanted to include didn't record well so it was edited out. I'll get a better one next time.

It's so funny how Tony and I work on the same things 3000 miles apart without talking about it. I was inspired by our LONG, somewhat heated discussion about swinging using double-or alternate sticking. I ALSO love to practice solo playing, concentrating on the time and SWINGING! I ALSO do many takes, waiting for something decent that I can identify with to some extent. These are bebop-like changes from a piece written by a Norwegian guitar I play with occasionally. He LOVES bebop and playing fast tempos. But I listened to Tony and tried to play a "grown up" tempo.