Christos is one of the most talented young vibes players in NY nowadays. This video is a performance that he gave at a famous Greek TV show. His playing is amazing!! Check him out!!
(You will also see/hear him speak greek!!) ;)
Blue Bossa is a great tune to make a study of. Here are some things to do from easy to difficult. You should work on some of these ideas and then post them online here.
1. Memorize whatever you do.
2. Learn the melody
3. Learn the chords
4…
Here's a 2 part study of the tune solar. In part 1 I teach you the tune. In part 2 we talk a little more about it and we play together through the tune in a couple different keys.
If you work on the lesson plan, your final exam :-) is to…
Real quick, I never have time to write in depth reviews. But I'm listening to Tom Beckham's CD and thought I'd mention it here. It's a great CD with really great playing! You guys should check it out.
Maybe Tom will post a track here and…
A few months ago I started transcribing John Mark Piper's tune "Spring Valley Kids". I didn't get any further with the transcription but every once in a while I play a few measures of it on my vibes. I recorded my jam on that tune.…
December 16, 2008 - 10:30pm
Smalls Jazz Club
183 West 10th Street
New York, NYhttp://www.smallsjazzclub.com
FEATURING
Tom Beckham - vibes/comp
Chris Cheek - saxes (3 of them)
Henry Hey - piano
Matt Pavolka - bass
Ferenc Nemeth - drums…
This is an original by me. Thought I'd post it. If there's something I miss, it's just coming up with stuff. I don't consider myself a composer, but I do write tunes. If had my own music school (wait, I sort of do don't I?) 2 hours of the…
Hey everyone, I just wanted to draw your attention to an exciting gig that I have coming up in January with a new band of mine. We'll be doing all original music, and it should really swing. If anyone will be in the NYC area come January…
If enough people sign up for this, then next Monday night I'll turn on the cams and talk about 'I Should Care'. We'll go over the harmony and I'll play it in different keys with a bass player.
Here's what you would need to do:
Learn the…
I just thought I'd pass this on. A quick story.
I gave finals today. Each student had to perform Donna Lee in 3 keys and solo.
Anyway let's make it short. All but one student is left in the room. He plays Donna Lee in 3 keys. It was the…
Hey Tony,
I feel good about the time and the head. I feel good about some of my lines in the soloing but I'd definitely like to work more on the solo accompaniement techniques next time we meet up. I recorded it a number of different…