Vibraphone

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Alternate solo vibraphone version of the classic "Angel Eyes" using some improv and voicing concepts from The Complete Guide to Improvisation and Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist. Fun and challenging for me to work on these concepts. It's one thing writing about the concepts and it's another to get them down where they are fluid, spontaneous and natural.

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Hey All,
Here's the scoop on the September Good Vibes.
New this month - Joe Doubleday. Don't know how he escaped me for so long! If you find I'm not playing your favorite vibes player or there's someone new recording, please let me know.

Steve Nelson gets two tunes this month, from two different albums, David Friedman from his newest, a solo by Ted (Piltzecker), a standard from Terry (Gibbs), Joe on Eddie Palmieri's latest, Tony in a duet with Diane Monroe, and Dimitri Matheny's gorgeous rendering of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" in the Where Jazz Goes mini-segment.

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Check this out everyone.

https://jamesclear.com/lay-a-brick

Allyson sent this to me. He's the guy doing all the posting these days. He's on fire and wants to be a great vibe players.

I thought this short read really sums up the process.

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“A Time for Love” composed by Johnny Mandel – one of the great ballads by a wonderful composer. Legendary pianist Bill Evans plays a superb version of this song.

A few thoughts on solo playing as featured on this clip: