I spent a few days with James Whiting, definitely an up and coming vibe player. James is a hard worker and picks up things fast! We had 2 great lessons here in Philadelphia, and he was at the vibe hang today also.
I asked James to play something so I could introduce him on the site.
So check him out!
Yili is from China and plays in the Ganzouh Symphony. She's a great percussionist and the orchestra sent her here to widen her skills, which is totally cool! She's a great percussionist already and one that is very open minded!
She's studying with Don Liuzzi (timp), Marc Dicciani and myself and has been here for almost 3 months.
Check her out playing the Friedman Dampening and Pedaling Etude No. 10.
The cool thing about this etude is that the pedal is down the whole time.
Ella is the best! Check her solos and her intro here. The band is happening also.
Sounds like her voice is a little tired. But check this out. You talk about ears!!!!
Check Out Terry Gibbs' Solo!
SMOKINNNNNNN
Man he's in great shape!
Listen to when he has the whole band playing 16s. Everybody in that band is a mo' fo. Oh man, wait till that part. I was dying!!!
Sorry, this is no vibes... but wow! I went to a concert last night. Anouar Brahem, the Tunisian 'Prince Of Oud' and his pals got us into a beautiful trip.
This great oriental 12 string kind of mandolin has in itself a magical sound. Anouar was accompanied by lebanese percussionist Kaled Yassine. But to complete this quartet, he chose two instruments and players from the north: German Klaus Gesing on bass clarinet and Swedish bassist Bjorn Meyer.
"Antihistamine Moments"
Hi all
Haven't posted for awhile for various reasons. This particular post is for Joe Locke and Philippe Briand. I promised them both and it has taken a little while for me to do this. Enjoy
Vid has flaws and may be out of sync a bit, but that is okey, it is what it is.
BruceW
p.s. Johan F. found my vid on YouTube and it has only been posted for a couple of minutes. Is that fast or what. Thanks again Johan.
Hi all,
We've talked quite a lot about vibes and popular music. Here is an example.
Yesterday I came across this vid of my vibist friend Norbert. It's not jazz, but he joined a group named 'General Elektriks' where he plays drums and vibes.
In October they were hosted on French program 'Taratata', a good musical moment where music is 100 % live. As guest was 'M', a hip famous French musician/singer (guy with the black hat). The tune they revisited 'Melodie Nelson' is from great French late composer Serge Gainsbourg.