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"It Never Entered My Mind" by Rodgers and Hart

Beautiful ballad written in 1940 by Rodgers and Hart. Some chord progression changes from Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett.

Now available on Amazon: Voicing Concepts For The Jazz Vibist. The book addresses a variety of voicing concepts as applied to the II-7 V7 I Maj progression as well as standards including Autumn Leaves, Green Dolphin Street, Stella By Starlight. Also included, chord melodies to You Are Too Beautiful and But Beautiful.

Humpty Dumpty - Just Putting This Out There

I have a buddy that picks a tune each week and sends out an email with a bunch of curated videos about the tune.

So I thought I'd post them here for everyone to see. And if you're interested you can check out the videos.

The tune is Humpty Dumpty the person is a great bass player, Tim Lekan. He used to live near me and now lives in Cincinnati I think. Also a great friend.

Odysseys. Duo vibraphone- violin

Dear all,
I'm very happy to present the " Odysseys " trailer with the amazing Alexandra Soumm on violin!
We've been playing together for over 5 years, a lot through our NGO Esperanz'Arts, and now we're so happy to show this work to all of you :-)
All the music in the trailer is live and original pieces but Odysseys includes Bartok, Sarasate, De Falla...

Tom Beckham and Brad Shepik Duo at Mezzrow February 6th, 2018

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Please join vibraphonist Tom Beckham and guitarist Brad Shepik for a special evening of vibraphone and guitar music as they both debut at Mezzrow.
Beckham and Shepik dig in and explore original compositions and jazz classics with six strings and four mallets–something to like here for all music lovers, especially those who appreciate the duo format.

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Doors open at 7 PM
Sets at 8 PM & 9:30 PM
There is a $20 music charge for this show.