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Bird is the Word
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I spent part of tonight playing Bird's first chorus on the tune Merry Go Round which is a rhythm changes with a Sears and Roebuck Bridge. S and R Bridge is (key of Bb) F-7 Bb7 Eb Eb C7 C7 C-7 F7. That's what Larry Mckenna always calls it…
15 years 6 months ago - 1 comments
Spain by Ted Wolff
tedwolff
Content type: Audio Player
Spain is one of my all-time favorite Chick Corea tunes. So many of his pieces have this great energy and beautiful melodies. My recording (done about 10 or 12 years ago) had a boring intro that's been removed for this post. Please pardon…
13 years 4 months ago - 1 comments
She's Always A Woman to Me - Choosing Tunes
Joe Locke
Content type: Video Upload
Joe's Performance and lesson on 'She's Always a Woman to Me'.
12 years 4 months ago - 9 comments
Friedman Etude No. 5 by Andrew Nittoli
andrewnittoli
Content type: Audio Player
Here is my new recording of etude number 5 with more emphasis on dynamics. Please excuse the room noise towards the end but I think my roommate was making food haha. Thanks again for the suggestions and please let me know what else I can…
13 years 6 months ago - 11 comments
Beautiful Love by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's an old version of Beautiful Love. I remember working and studying this tune. It's really fun to play.
13 years 5 months ago - 6 comments
Container Lesson: Basic II-V-I open position voicings(drop2)
tjaco
Content type: Audio Player
Here's a short audio lesson on practicing basic II-V-I voicings in open position. Any questions? Post them here! TJ
13 years 11 months ago - 2 comments
Ed Saindon clinic - Friday, October 23rd
ed saindon
Content type: Event
Hello fellow vibists, I’ll be in Chicago on Friday, October 23rd for a clinic at DePaul University at 10 A.M. If anyone is in the Chicago area and would like more information, please email me at esaindon@berklee.edu Best, Ed
15 years 6 months ago - 2 comments
Comping Short Etudes
tonymiceli
Content type: Story
Here's a pdf and accompanying audio with some short 'etudes' on comping. I have a ton of stuff stored up over the years from teaching online. These are some short examples of comping I made for somebody somewhere! I have audio with and…
15 years 6 months ago - 2 comments
duet with guitar
vibraman
Content type: Audio Player
hi there this is just my first post. a simple folk tune with me on vibes and a friend on guitar...hope u like it
15 years 6 months ago - 5 comments
Invitation Lesson 4 by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's lesson 4.
13 years 11 months ago - 28 comments
Hip Irish Music
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Finding time to listen to cds is pretty rough any more. Tonight though I'm trying to get in a couple cuts of some buddies cds. One of which is James Shipps cd. I think you guys would dig it. I guess it's all or mostly Irish tunes? Jim's a…
15 years 6 months ago - 7 comments
We're Buzzing on the Inside
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
Every once in a while I blog about what's happening deep inside of the site. I know there are a lot of members out there that are working hard, some don't live near teachers, or other players. I want them to know how much is going on here…
15 years 6 months ago - 5 comments
Comping Party 1 for Skirt by Tony Miceli
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Here's our first comping party. Just pick a tune that you know, comp only and upload it. This might turn out to be a phenomenal way to study comping. I thought about all picking the same tune, but maybe do that next time? For the first…
15 years 6 months ago - 0 comments
Sight Reading
tonymiceli
Content type: Blog entry
I spent the last 2 weeks and will the next 2 weeks, learning a ton of tunes for gigs. But these gigs are big bands or really written out originals. This has been hard. Reading is not my forte. I can read a lead sheet, but following a big…
15 years 6 months ago - 6 comments
Practice Tape - Alone Together - solo
tjaco
Content type: Audio Player
So I didn't have much time this weekend I thought I would put myself in the open a little, just to see what would happen. Tonight I decided I had to record something I know I wouldn't be confident about... So I decided to do a solo version…
15 years 6 months ago - 2 comments
Track 1 by Bozo the Vibist
Randy_Sutin
Content type: Audio Player
Sooo.... I was hanging out practicing and began thinking about Tony's great stride vibes recording of Cheek to Cheek. I've never really worked on that kind of thing, so I started wondering what I could do with that "signature style" of…
15 years 6 months ago - 8 comments
Invitation Lesson Plan
tonymiceli
Content type: Lesson Plans
Here's a lesson plan for Invitation. A great way to study this tune in pieces. Each lesson in the beginning will focus on one part of the tune. Later we put it all together and focus on the tune as a whole and work on improvising on it.…
15 years 6 months ago - 0 comments
my one and only love by tarik
vibraman
Content type: Video Embed
i listned to ricky lee jones pop pop cd recently.it was one of my favorite cd long time ago and i didn´t hear it since 15 years.my one and only love is one of my favorite songs of it. so i tried to make my solo vibes version of it.as…
15 years 6 months ago - 18 comments
Milt Jackson - October 9 1999
steve yeager
Content type: Story
We lost arguably the most soulful player on the instrument 10 years ago today. But look at all great influence he's had on everyone who works these bars. I read and listen to all the players here who site his great influence on their music…
15 years 6 months ago - 17 comments
Massenet - Meditation Thais by Tony Miceli & Diane Monroe Quartet
tonymiceli
Content type: Audio Player
Not the best quality, but a nice version of Massenet's - Meditation Thais. This is from a concert I did Oct. 11, 2009 with the Diane Monroe Quartet where vibesworkshop member barryk sat right in front of me, counting my mistakes!!!
13 years 4 months ago - 10 comments
Bridging the World Between Classical & Jazz - Yardley PA
tonymiceli
Content type: Event
Flyer is attached. Diane Monroe, violin Diane Monroe/Michal Schmidt Classical Duo (Violin/Piano) The Diane Monroe Jazz Quartet featuring Tony Miceli, Vibes, Anthony Marino, Bass, Todd Isler, Percussion Saturday, October 10 7:30 p.m.…
15 years 6 months ago - 1 comments
Milt Jackson - Name this tune
johndaly
Content type: Audio Player
All you knowledgeable vibe players can anybody name this tune Milt is playing
13 years 4 months ago - 9 comments
Jazz...
Marie-Noëlle
Content type: Images
"Jazz will endure just as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains" - John Philip Sousa
15 years 6 months ago - 4 comments
Alone Together - Play Along - Bass and Drums
tjaco
Content type: Audio Player
Here is a play along version for Alone Together, only bass and drums. TJ
15 years 6 months ago - 8 comments
Ace of Cakes
Gary Burton
Content type: Blog entry
ACE OF CAKES Did anybody else see the television show on the Food Network called ACE OF CAKES? It's a bakery in Baltimore that makes ridiculously amazing cakes for special events (the prices start at $1000 and up). Their trademark is…
13 years 3 months ago - 11 comments
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