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A simple, elegant, and somewhat underappreciated tune by Cole Porter.

"I'll Remember April" from last Saturday's gig. Always a fun night of playing by the fish tank. (The camera was on top of the tank).

Jobim's "How Insensitive" with Mark and I from our steady gig (over 8 years) at Li's last Saturday. Nice to play in a relaxed atmosphere and hang with friends.

"When Sunny Gets Blue" - Working on this classic for the sabbatical project which combines solo vibraphone playing techniques along with various improv concepts. It's been really nice having the sabbatical to write and shed. But, I'm looking forward to getting back to school in the Spring semester to get back in the groove and see the students. It's energizing to be there and interact with the students. Keeps me on my toes. :) The two books (solo vibraphone playing and dampening and pedaling) are basically finished. I now have to go through and edit.

My first post. Going through some old tapes I found a recording (1991) of my duo Mallet Unit. Roland Stolk wrote the piece and plays the vibes. I play the marimba on this tune Foreign Breakfast. Hope you like it.

I just attended PASIC for the first time. I enjoyed it, but for me there were also a number of frustrating moments that I wanted to give voice to, because I think frustrations like these are sometimes invisible if you're not experiencing them firsthand. Here's a link to my blog if you want to read it with photos and nice formatting. I'll also paste the whole entry here.

***Please note that this post may not reflect the opinion of all female percussionists and is not intended to; it is my own personal experience and observations.***

“I Loves You Porgy” – a great ballad by Gershwin. One of my favorites beautifully played by Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett. I’m using some chord changes from Bill and Keith as well as a few of my own. Also using voicings from by book Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist.

Someday My Prince Will Come” with Jan de Haas and Piet Verbist. One of the songs that was taped during my clinic presentation on November 7th at the Antwerp music conservatory. I had a great time presenting classes for the vibraphone and improvisation in Antwerp and also at the conservatory in The Hague. My thanks and appreciation to Koen Wilmaers and Carlo Willems at the Antwerp conservatory and Miro Herak at the conservatory in The Hague. Also thanks to Vic Firth and Yamaha.

Dave Samuels' Archive Update: Happy to report that Berklee College of Music will be archiving all of Dave Samuels’ music collection which includes studio and live recordings (Reel to Reels, Dats, CDs), videos, music educational material as well as all of his compositions and arrangements from his recordings as a leader and sideman. The material spans his entire career as a musician and educator. Dave was very organized with his material and it seems that he saved everything including compositions and recordings that other musicians gave him.

hey! This is Florian, Marie's son. I know it's been a long time since she last came on this website. I'm always giving her "shit" to play again but she doesn't ! please help me !
So i decided to play this iconic jazz song by myself. I play guitar for now maybe 8 years and try the vibraphone.
Hope you like it.

Florian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuPZRfFLhgc

PS : There is an easter-egg at the end for you Tony ;)