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I'm getting a ton out of the latest Burton and Friedman videos. You know I always want to be a student, no matter what else I might become. That's the great thing about this site, it's an opportunity to be a student and a teacher. So I've watched and listened as much as possible to those videos and they are changing the way I play.

Just the sounds, when you hear someone play and they get 'their' sound can change you. I don't mean sound of the instrument, I mean note choices, sticking choices, etc.

It's only rare these days that I write anything in this blog, merely because most things that are happening here are just common stuff.

At the moment tho, lots is happening here in the company. We're reorganizing to cope with the huge increased market and specially the demand for the gigVibe model. Reorganizing is in terms of company structure, machinery/workshop structure and simplifying/standardizing the current models, investing in new machines.

I have the final lesson coming of our TOTM. The thing is there have been so many heavy videos going up that I thought I should chill on the TOTM and let all this great stuff through. It's been the Burton Lessons, the Friedman lessons, Ed Saindon performing. This is great stuff, and I've been learning a ton from checking out these cats so I assume you guys are as well.

I have the last lesson the 'Putting it all Together' lesson planned and I'll post it soon.

Hello everyone,

Here's another clip which was just uploaded to YouTube. Billy sounds great on alto as on clarinet and Thomas is swinging like crazy. However, I might have had too much coffee before the gig. Ha!Ha!

I just saw a smokin' version of Tony (with bassist Tony Marino who also sounds fantastic) playing this tune a few days ago. Tony's lines and swing feel are beautiful. All The Things You are is one of those tunes that everyone plays. Keith Jarrett has recorded it a number of times.

Hey guys,

Ok, guys. I just found this on youtube and I searched on the site and I believe this has not been posted here.

ok, forgive me if I'm wrong, but if I'm not.... WWOOOWW!!!

I believe this is one of David's students, right?

Man, he just kicks ass on this transcription of Chega. I couldn't believe it!!

Enjoy!

TJ

Hi all people
for people like me that lives so far of ny this is a nice video about the week of gary at blue note , this is the good thing of internet
I can imagine how was soundind the band!!! Most to be incredible!!
The small portion in the video of the gary solo of “ I heard a rhapsody “ it is incredible
Smoking lines! The Tempo ,fluidity etc.
A nice gift for our ears

hi all people
I find this video and there is a nice funny thing in this
Gary has a vibes until C low but in all video never play any note from the low register! Funny not?

Triste is one of my favorite Jobim tunes. It's nice to see the reactions from Thomas and Billy in these vids since I don't see their faces when I'm playing. I was laughing at their reaction at the beginning of my solo. I'm playing a blues type lick over the first 8 bars of the solo. It looks like their saying, "what is he playing?, is he lost? etc. Then they have a sigh of relief at bar 9 when I resolve the motive to the C-7 chord.