Vibraphone

Adapting 3+3+2 to the Balafon

Watching the video is the easiest way to grasp ideas and variations. Below are added resources to go deeper into the material.

Harmonic Time:
Sometimes we need to step away from our primary instrument to rebuild our awareness from the ground up. I incorporate my Harmonic Time method for all the material I have learned and teach. Here is a general description of the method:

I'll Remember April - Solo Vibe- PIPERvibe

When I was much younger, my mentors taught me that the best thing I could do for my playing was to transcribe on a regular basis. They taught me that it was not for the purpose of learning to copy and play solos that others had played, but rather to develop my ears so that I could create similar material in real time. They also taught me that the process of transcription enabled analysis which led to a better understanding of what others had done before me.

A somewhat “impressionistic” version of Monk’s “‘Round Midnight” using voicings from my book “Voicing Concepts For The Jazz Vibist”.

This is a near-forty minute concert by Khan Jamal from 1992, and if you're not interested in the entire concert I'd suggest jumping to 15:30 for the last chorus of "In A Sentimental Mood." You'll hear a couple of amazing cadenzas that take the song out.

A work in progress. With a little break from teaching today at Berklee I was working on using mallets 4 and 2 for playing lines over the standard "Like Someone In Love". I feel that in my playing, mallet 4 is underutilized and I'm trying to work on that deficiency. It still needs a lot of work but I see the potential in using it more not only for solo playing for also for playing lines as well.
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I am trying to play vibraphone with broken thumb after a stupid bicycle accident.
Next week they will nail my thumb - an unpleasant imagination.
But it is not acceptable not to play for 8 weeks.

Final Concert at the South Pole -

WHAT IS MUSIC? Music is different for different people. I’ve learned that it is not the privilege of the audience to experience an artist’s music but rather it is truly a privilege for the artist who gets to present their musical expressions to a receptive audience.

Billy Wooten was the vibes player on a couple of Grant Green soul-jazz albums, and after touring with Green he decided to come off the road and settle in Indianapolis. As a matter of personal taste, I happen to really enjoy soul-jazz with an organ player in the group and eventually discovered Billy Wooten by accident.

Billy appears to have enjoyed a great life and departed this mortal coil in 2016, but I've been listening to this new released of lost tapes on YouTube. I thought I'd share the link here.