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I really don't post too much in this blog, so here is a shorty on what we're doing at this moment at vanderPlas Baileo.

We started to have montly clinics at our facility in Sassenheim, generally every first Saturday of the month. This basically is a smaller version of the one and only annual vibesworkshop.com workshop week in Februari. Our first one was held October 1st, and about 12 percussionists showed up. Lots of fun.

As you may have noticed, we have come up with the DIYframe, a highly affordable solution for those who need a second frame for their bars and resonators.

I've just finished reading British Jazzer Ronnie Scott's book, Lets Join Hands And Contact The Living, its a great read, all about his life and his famous Jazz Club and some of the great musicians who played there. Well worth reading. I have also added a link of him playing with The Victor Feldman Trio, two amazing musicians, Scott was an immensely talented player and played with some of the greatest jazz musicians on the planet, so enjoy.

Maybe you guys already saw this before (Marciac 2007). Dana sent it to me yesterday: love it!! :o)
Gary? Are you both still sharing that kind of fun moment on stage? ;-)

Hi All,
I'm happy to tell you all that I will be playing Dana's and Marie-Noelle's "Soulflakes" in my December show. Dana has also given me permission to play his "Christmas Time Is Here."
I'll post more about the show in a few weeks.

This is beautiful!! Illya Amar worked on that Chaplin film "Easy Street" and played solo vibes on the whole movie. This vid is an excerpt. I warmly invite you to watch it entirely (around 20 mn?) from his website: http://www.illyaamar.com/video.html

I'm sure Chaplin would have loved it: clever, right, clear, musical, moving or percuting, but all beautiful! The more I listen to Illya the more I love his playing!! Go Illya! - Enjoy guys!

Hi All,
Here's the November 6 and 9 line-up:

Behn opens the show with "Overcooked."
Then David Friedman with "Rios."
Gary Burton/Rebecca Parris and "Au Privave."
Pat Metheny and "Blues for Pat" (no vibes)
Cecelia Smith
Arturo Serra debuts
Chuck Redd
Arthur Lipner
Dave Pike with a great version of the pop hit "Spooky" which I dedicate to an old friend
Milt Jackson
Red Norvo

second hour:
Nick Mancini
Teddy Charles
Tony/Libby McDowell and a very "today" arrangement of an old song, "Blue Skies."
Bill Ware
Scott Peters
Tyler Blanton debuts
Cal Tjader
Hendrick Meurkens

So we're about to start studying chords and harmony. In my usual fashion I have no idea what we're going to do. I figure it's like this: There are a lot of vibe players here and we can collectively use all our minds together and really grow. It's really not just up to me, it's up to us. All in all we're making a huge collection of information about the vibraphone. We are all working and learning about this instrument and passing the information on!