Vibraphone

Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" with solo vibraphone techniques via Gary Burton. In working on the solo vibraphone book during my sabbatical, I revisited some of the techniques and concepts that I learned from Gary. A few are: filling in the 8th notes between the melody/improv with left hand voicings (left hand jabs), single notes, broken arpeggios and/or counterpoint. (Gary does this a lot in his solo versions of Jobim's Chega de Saudade and O Grande Amor). Also the use of runs and arpeggios to break things up a bit.

I'm about to upload a solo vibraphone version of Tones for Joan's Bones in preparation for Tony's online concert Friday on Facebook, but here's one with my quartet from a bit ago. The vibraphone solo is at 3:10 (because after all this is a vibraphone website). I like playing without other chordal instruments, but there's definitely something very freeing about having a pianist.

Hit the wrong note at the end, oops.

Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz" from last night's gig at Li's with Mark and I. Always a fun night playing duo with Mark and hanging with family and friends. Going on 10 years with this gig and it never gets old.

"All Of Me" - a slightly demented version of this classic from last night's gig with Mark and I. Ha!Ha!

Hi All,
Here's a heads up about the March Good Vibes radio show coming up on March 1st (with rebroadcast on March 4th).
New CDs from Chuck Redd, The View from Madeleine's Couch with Kym Ambrose on vibes, and Christian Tamburr. Martin Fabricius from Denmark also has a new one, Under the Same Sky (great title).
Chuck's track is Billy Strayhorn's "A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing." Check out my website to see my photos at www.gloriajazz.com. I heartily agree about flowers. Which reminds me, I need to post a new pic.