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Blues Practice Exercise with Gary and Chick

i found a cool and fun thing to do which is a good lesson i think. on this video at about 4 minutes chick plays some blues licks which gary instantly repeats together with the audience singing. the blues is in Bb flat and he uses mostly the Bb blues scale on his licks. can you play all the phrases like gary on the fly just by hearing the once you heard them?

i tried and it was not easy and i failed on most of them when i tried the first time. to me it prooves i still can´t play what i can sing. singing like the audience is no problem for every of us i think :)

Mini concert 2 Patrice.

Still practicing my soloing. Working on lines. I love lines. I wish i could play lines like these heavy cats i admire on the site ( Tony, Dave, Ed, Behn, Rusty ... ). Working on.
Working on simplicity and clearity. Phrasing, tempo, harmo.
Soloing is often to much confuse. Keep the things clear man ! I always says that to me !
It's a work in progress.
I love doing that.

Christos Rafalides' 'Manhattan Vibes' featuring Antonio Sanchez

This is 'Manhattan Vibes' featuring Antonio Sanchez on drums and Thana Alexa on vocals - live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center in NYC.
Christos Rafalides- vibraphone
Sergio Salvatore- piano
Mike Michael Pope- bass

Manhattan Vibes will be performing at DROM in NYC on January 16th presenting music form their latest release 'Blue November'.
http://www.dromnyc.com/events/2070/manhattan-vibes-album-release-concer…

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blue-november/id582502901
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DB17IW

question to gary

hi dear gary,I would like to know how do you feel with the past of the time with the rattan thicknes of your mallets?
early video are a thin rattan and was very flexible . looks like more easy to play? more flexibility in your phrasing? for example this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3vyvl4yf1I
I have a older set with this rattan and the feeling it is some diferent
but in a duo context if you play loud and with enegy I fell confortable

or you live in tokio with chick?

thanks in advance

jamming with christos rafalides band by dimitris angelakis

Hey guys! Happy new year! This is a video of me jamming with the christos rafalides band (playing my vibes ofcorse hahahahah). This trio is amazing and its christos on vibes, petros klampanis on bass and bodek janke on drums-percussion. Also a very good greek drummer kostas anastasiadis joined the jamm leaving bodek playing the percussion part :).

Check it out

thanks
Dimitris