A little rendition of "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" before teaching a long day at Berklee. Thanks to the great pianist Keith Jarrett for the inspiration and nice changes.
The arts organization in my hometown, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, is nearing completion on a new performance center and instruction facility. I'm setting up Internet access and internal wiring for them and I'd love to be able to set up some sort of live video streaming. Does anyone have any hints on best services/practices etc.?
Concert in 2009 at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH that featured Dave Liebman on sax/flute, Matt Wilson on drums, David Clark on bass and myself on vibes, marimba and piano. This clip is a composition that I wrote titled "Deep Hearts" . The lead sheet can be downloaded from my website.
Everyone,
A New Orleans style jazz send-off for Bob Masteller is planned for April 10 at the Honey Horn Plantation, Hilton Head Island, following church services that morning. Musicians are coming from around the country to perform and pay their final respects to a truly inspirational human being. A memorial fund has been set up at website www.thejazzcorner.com. Proceeds will benefit Bob's beloved Junior Jazz Foundation, a non-profit organization which fosters jazz education among young people.
gloria
Had a little time today before a class at Berklee. Practicing some improvisation with the concept of Tension Resolution on Autumn Leaves. With this concept I'm focusing on using one tension and chord tones for each chord change and making to sure to resolve the tension to the nearest chord tone. It is a simple but effective improv technique that sounds the changes with a melodic flow. I'm playing 8 measures out front to establish the context of the song.
Hi there,
I've translated "the 20 things you want to know without reading the manual" (malletKAT) into German.
Ich habe eine Malletkat Gebrauchsanweisung ins Deutsche Übersetzt. Ist vielleicht für alle hilfreich, die Marios Workshop in Wuppertal besuchen.
Ich übernehme keine Gewähr für die Richtigkeit aber eigentlich sollte alles stimmen.
Das englische Original findet ihr auf der Alternatemode Website.
Stefan
This has been out for a couple years now, evidently. A friend of mine just pointed it out to me and I just saw it for the first time. If you have an hour, it has a lot in it, including awesome footage from Jazz Casual and some other performances.
I love playing vibes, but I also love playing piano. Here's a solo piano version of Henry Mancini's beautiful composition "Moon River".
Hey folks,
Hey all, he may not be a vibes player, but Herbie Hancock is an artist I'm guessing we all love, admire, and have been influenced by...
so here's my review of his new autobiography, "Possibilities". Hope you enjoy it
Herbie Hancock’s Possibilities
-Reviewed by Anthony Smith