Vibraphone

I hadn't played this song in quite a long time but I was working on it last week with Lucas, a wonderful vibist from Brazil studying with Gustavo and I at Berklee. We were discussing various solo vibraphone techniques and ways of approaching it as a solo vibe performance. I just ran through it this morning to see what would happen. There are some loose spots where I almost go over the edge but I guess that's what keeps it interesting. I can blame it on the coffee. Ha!Ha! I think I love every composition that Jobim ever wrote.

Solo vibraphone version of the beautiful composition by the great composer Astor Piazzolla.

Hey Vibesworkshop,
Shameless Plug. After a few long months waiting for the mix I can happily announce the release of my jazz fusion projects debut album. The link below will take you to place where you can listen to the album in full and purchase it if you feel so moved.

https://melagroup.bandcamp.com/releases

Thank you!
Frank Valente

We will do 7 weeks of bebop tunes with assignments. If anyone completes all the assignments they will get a vibes workshop certificate of completion.

July 11 Fried Bananas
July 18 Donna Lee
July 25 Scrapple
August 1 Crazeology
August 8 Groovin' High
August 15 Tricotism
August 22 Au Privave

The sheet music for the 7 weeks is attached to this post.

Ok do you want to really learn and work on stuff during the summer?

I just had an interesting 2 gigs weekend, in term of amplification.
I recently buyed second hand AMT mics from Tyler Blanton and I use them with Sennheiser e604 mics as described in this 3 years old post https://www.vibesworkshop.com/blog-entry/some-work-my-m55/babu/050316

Headline:
Talking Sticks, the highly-acclaimed film about Vibes and Marimba, announces NYC Premiere Screening Sunday June 26th at Symphony Space (2537 Bway/95 St.)

"A strong documentary which speaks of one man's passion..an engaging, informative and personal journey. Bravo!"
New Haven (CT) Int'l Film Festival

Hi All,

Playing the classic song "Darn That Dream" with inspiration from the great pianists like Art Tatum, Errol Garner, Dave McKenna, Teddy Wilson and Oscar Peterson. I was listening to Tatum (Pablo recordings) this week during the commute to Boston. I hadn't listened for awhile. Still unbelievable.

Hi everybody.

This post is addressed more to French audience.

I have the great pleasure to invite you to the Port Barcares Jazz Festival where my trio Babu Combo will play The 2nd of July, 17:OO AM to 18:45 AM.

The night will end with Manu Dibango and his whole band.

Free entrance.
http://portbarcares.com/fr/menu/evenements

Babu : vibraphone and guitar
Jean-Pierre Barreda : bass
Stéphane Beuvelet : drums

If you are around Port Barcares, come with us to have fun !

I have been studying a lot of Chick Transcriptions lately and found some techniques that are imitable on Vibraphone.