Vibraphone

I thought I'd post this video of Harvey Price. He's the percussion director at U of Delaware. Besides being a great friend, I admire how much energy he has and how much of the percussion world he tackles! From Xylo, to the pit, to the marimba, to the vibes and then the drum set he's one of those amazingly well versed players. Also he's very forward thinking, digs technology and is a great guy!!

So check him out with the Udel Faculty ensemble.

I came across this Bill Evans clip yesterday and it made me think about the discussion of this tune a while back. I think it was on this site that someone said they thought this tune was best as a ballad, especially given the dark tone of the movie. But I actually feel that when a composition is being interpreted, it is fine to treat it purely as music and not worry about any of that. The whole point is to do something more personal with it.. This tune can be a beautiful ballad, but a lot of guys like to swing on it (check out the Frisell and Sco versions linked below as well).

Recently upon reviewing some transcriptions I have done, I stumbled across a very simple and clear example of why transcription is so important I thought i'd share.

The transcription is of John Coltrane playing his composition "LazyBird".

I've got some of my students coming over this Sunday at about 1pm-4pm for a little get together. I thought I would open it up to any students here on the site that want to come by. I wanted my Temple students to meet my Uarts students and VW students to meet them all as well.

If you're interested email me at tonymiceli@gmail.com

Another lesson by John Swana that can benefit vibes players AND trumpet players!

John's not a vibe player but this is great stuff!

Hey Guys,
Staying in line with the Chords and Harmony idea this month I remembered I did a 3 part series on Upper Structure triads a while back.

Upper Structures are an easy way to achieve a rich harmonic sound.
Before (or after) going through the links below as a simple exercise for comping, lets pick a couple upper structures to practice playing with 4 mallets through all keys.

Lets start with a dominant chord. G7 and move to Cmaj7.
(Note you should play the root by itself before playing the upper structure so you can hear the upper structure against the root of the chord.)

I know there was a streaming of the concert from the Delaware workshop, but is it actually recorded that i could watch it somewhere?

Great stuff!!