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Hello,

Just wanted to inform everyone that I'm doing a CD release party for my co-led record with Ken Fowser at Chris' Jazz Cafe. It's this Saturday, April 11 at 8PM. You can get directions, etc. from Chris's website www.chrisjazzcafe.com The band is:

Ken Fowser- tenor sax
Behn Gillece- vibraphone
Jeremy Manasia- piano
Adam Cote- bass
Jason Brown- drums

Hope to see you there!

Behn,

Hi everyone,

I'll be giving a clinic and concert (co-sponsored by Vic Firth and Yamaha) at the Conservatory in Paris (18th District) on Thursday, May 7th starting at 7 P.M. The concert will feature mallet player Philippe Mace and me in a duo format performing originals and standards. Clinic topics will include: The Fulcrum Grip, Pedaling, Dampening, Sticking Concepts, Jazz Improvisation, Comping and Solo Playing.

Yes Tony, excellent idea, we all wonder here...

But who is Harry Sheppard?

Hi All,

I play regularly with a few drummers who can't read music, one most of the time and a couple of others on a fairly regular fill-in basis. I've been trying to get us to do some more formal arrangements of tunes -- nothing terribly complicated, just some accent points and rhythm breaks, added interludes and the like, although I'd like to get more complicated. I've been having trouble communicating these things to the drummers though.

Joe's video from his Birthday get together with Dana.

Sorry but I thought the foreigners would love this!

Joe Locke is Crazy!
Joe's birthday is this Wed. March 18th.

Let's all wish him a happy birthday!

Hello everyone,

I have a clinic/concert coming up in April that I wanted to let you know about. It will take place on Monday, April 20th at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois.

The clinic will be held at 4 and will cover mallet and improv related topics.

The concert will be at 6:30. I’ll be playing along with several members of the faculty including drummer Rodrigo Villanueva who teaches in the percussion department.

Here’s the contact information:

Northern Illinois University
1425 W. Lincoln Highway
Dekalb, Illinois 60115-2825

Hope we get some people!!! Comment here if you are. Come on people! It's easy to do. Just need a web cam or video cam. I can help you set it up.

Who is Tjaco?

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Ok here I go:

First of all, the drummer in me was very early and I was hitting a tambourine along with musicians in my house when I was only 3 years old. My mother and Father where both musicians. My mother still sings, but my father hasn't played guitar or sung in a long time.