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It's Christmas season, or Hanukkah/Kwanza/Solstice season (not trying to start the war on Christmas, though!). What are your favorite jazz Christmas albums?

A few that I like

GRP Christmas- Various artists (including Gary)
Crescent City Christmas Card- Wynton Marsalis
Oscar Peterson Christmas- Oscar Peterson, obviously
then of course
Charlie Brown Christmas- Vince Guraldi

What about YOU!?

https://plus.google.com/communities/112313853174077190163

So if we all join we can then experiment with google hangouts. maybe impromptu concerts, etc.!

@marie - don't forget to put this in the newsletter. yeah????

Hey guys. Saturday, December 8th, 12pm I'm doing a vibe hang at my house for a couple of my U Arts Students. Behn Gillece is coming by as well. If any of you are around and want to come hang, then come over. Email me for more info.

I'm going to set up the instruments and we're going to do some duo playing. Probably from 12-2

I just wanted to make you look. Soft mallets don't suck. Well not all the time.

I saw a great student of mine play recently. He's a great up and coming vibe player I think. I was listening to him comp and could hear nothing. I know he could hear the instrument, I get that. If HE couldn't hear the instrument and he was comping (with soft mallets) then that's not cool. But I'm sure he could.

So I've almost finished producing a CD, now what do I do?

I have no delusions of grandeur here, but I do want it to be "out there" and available. Our major goals in producing this CD were to expand our musical capabilities (already accomplished :-)), and maybe get more/better gigs.

Hey vibesworkshop!

So...I haven't been getting very far with my transcription of Afro Blue because I don't have a vibraphone to play for ten days and haven't had anything to update my blog with. It's frustrating not having my instrument...I feel incomplete. I am grateful to have access to a piano at work though and have been staying late to play (and then freezing in the dark waiting for the late bus home each night!), but man I miss my vibes. Just ten days, and I'm going crazy!!!

My student Sangwon is doing a paper comparing Milt to Gary and he's starting off with the history of the vibraphone.

I know there's stuff up here about the history. Anyone know where some is? Anyone know of any other links?

@Sangwon - start with this link: http://www.vibesworkshop.com/search/node/history%20of%20the%20vibraphone

Just to let you guys know.

We're setting up the workshop for winter. I think it will be in Dusseldorf in a music school. Here's what I know.

We'll have a few instruments.
We'll have practice rooms.
We'll have an evening percussion ensemble.

It should be the end of February.

I'll know more this week. But it's looking good! We needed a place where we could practice, etc.

Ok, that's enough with the chops, huh? I'm away for one week. Behn said he'd shoot me if I didn't end the chops TOTM.

So let's get back to a tune. ok? Just In Time me and Behn were thinking of.

I think Behn has one more chops exercise, so we'll start rapping things up. In as week we'll start JUST IN TIME.

My semester is coming to a close and I'll get some lessons up. I have more from Christos.

How about some more mini concerts? I love them!

Maybe a vibe hang in December?