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I'll just pass this letter along for the real vibe geeks!

This guy called Nico got information and then went to a machine shop to get the work done on his yamaha!!!

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Tony, Thanks you for introducing Nico Vanderplas to me after telling him about my Yamaha YV2700 keybed problems with the sounds of the last seven bars in the high register.

I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to recommend the DVD of Gary and Makoto Ozone's Live at Montreux DVD from the 2002 performance. I was just websurfing last week at Amazon and discovered this, and I didn't even know that it was available. As much as I like the CD, the DVD adds that "third player" - the audience, and I think you'll enjoy this even more.

This is the quintessential recording of this tune. Maybe some of the younger guys haven't heard it??

Stop, sit and lesson.

If you didn't know this it makes the tune even heavier.

Billy Strayhorn wrote this tune at age 17 (if my research is correct, i.e. his biography). Listen to the words.

Is this one of the most heaviest songs or what? I get chills listening to it.

And then add Johnny Hartman and Coltrane and this is off the map.

The best students are the ones who teach themselves and as a result have lots and lots of questions for their teachers..

When I teach a class and we do nothing that I had prepared, then it was a great class usually.

For some reason that just hit me. I forget who told me that but someone great did, way back in the day.

Rather than bury back in my mind, I thought I would type out here.

What's your favorite cd(s) where the format is a vibes trio, that is Vibes, Bass and Drums?

Mike Pinto had this up over at our store! Have you checked out our store??

This is a post by Tarik:

Another cut from my gig. It's pretty funny because we were subbing for a 13 piece latin band, which explains my little latin stint at the end of the tune. I did tell the audience that they should expect us to try and cover the latin bands music! No way!!! They were a cool audience.

Behn is coming down to shoot some video and do some lessons! I know some of you (me too) really dig Behn's playing. So this is good news! He'll be coming down this week, and hopefull I'll have stuff up next weekend.

I have a hard time when I'm playing trio. That is when I'm playing a concert and playing trio (vibes, bass and drums). It's easy if you're wallpaper music, or if it's a short set but two one hour sets can be intimidating for me.

I played tonight in front of about 500 people and played trio. Most of the time when I'm in these situations I add a horn or guitar. I feel as though a vibes trio can get boring, like it needs something else. Maybe it's just my stuff (well it is actually) but a vibes trio concert is a big deal to me and can be difficult.