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I wanted to announce the release of my new CD - Memories of Brazil. The CD reflects back on the years that I spent in Rio de Janeiro as a member of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira). It features wonderful…
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K. David Johnson
Marie-Noëlle
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Surely some of you remember our 'endless' blues from our online vibe hangs. I remember that the last one in Amsterdam (february) lasted around 35 mn! Haha! This is the 'west coast' version of this type of 'good vibes shared' performance…
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Finally got round to posting this (between house painting, kid minding Miceli workshop and gig tour and Limerick's first Jazz Festival.) Its a tune from the Aebersold book on rhythm changes which I used with Oleo and did two more solos…
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Here's some ideas for practicing good articulation.
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Full recording of Green Dolphin Street. Backing off of someone on youtube.
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Tony hope this is cool and that I have found the right place to shameleesy thump a new cd. On Summit Records I am part of a new cd entitled Three Voices. Flugelhorn, Vibes and Bass. The recording turned out very nicely, so if anyone is…
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Here they are...some big band charts with vibes from the College of Saint Rose Jazz Ensemble's Spring concert...all with vibes! There are hardly ever any vibes parts, so I just take the piano or guitar charts (or sometimes transpose sax…
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Hi Everyone, In honor of Independence Day, July's Good Vibes will open and close with "America," the first from West Side Story (Cal Tjader), and the second from Mike Mainieri's CD Crescent, also known as "America, The Beautiful." In…
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James Whiting posted a real pretty piece where he manually rotated the fan blades. Dr. Bob commented that he would like a crank on the side to override the motor and have the blades pop back to the open position. That made me wonder what…
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Messing around with the flute sound. So I gave myself 30 minutes to do something with it. You know the tune.
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I've always admired of how well piano players can play changes with walking bass lines. It's not so easy to accomplish on vibes. The way I attempt this requires some mallet dampening to keep everything sounding full and clean. To get…
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Motor Issues
Reedsmith
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Hi there Fairly new on here, hoping to get busy soon... moving to vibes from (but not excluding) woodwinds, so serious learning curve likely in some areas... I was quite lucky in acquiring a small gigging vibe- vintage, not everyone's…
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New Microphone Test
ryan mchenry
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Just picked up a new mic today, Blue Yeti. Not expensive, just a usb condenser, but not bad in the way of sound. Just a simple test playing wise, nothing fancy.
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This is a photo taken a couple weeks ago at the tuesday night jazz night in southern oregon
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i´m having so much fun with the malletkat. the vibes are real the rest is the malletkat. it´s much less touching than david and tony played it but it´s fun to try such an beautiful tune. i found a very touching and nice version of norah…
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There's a great new school in Dusseldorf, Germany called the Mallet Institute. It looks like it's going to be a great school! I played a concert with David Friedman and florian Poser. Here's a photo from the concert. I think video and…
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This is a beautiful tune that Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden have recorded. It seems to adapt well to solo vibes too. There is also a recording by Itzhak Perlman with full orchestra. It's on youtube.
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hey everyone. so many blessings have been happening for me in Oregon. I am excited to say that im back playing vibes full time,with only minor hand pain. so i thought i would post a track from the regular wednesday gig i have here in…
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Testimonials
Drew Johnson
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Here's pt. 1 of a three part lesson on turnarounds. There are so many, so I tried to stick to the critical, and most practical ones. Enjoy!
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Looking for some help on Angel Eyes, and ballads in general. I feel like there is just so much rhythmic possibility in ballads, help me figure out what I am missing! Thanks!! -Drew
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