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This is a thrown together duo intro for my university septet. Its a bit rough around the edges, but I thought it came out nicely for our first performance together. Sorry about the music stands everywhere!

The Willamette University Bernie Fischer Septet 2008
piano- Dan Bullard
tenor- Adam Lozier
alto- John Collins
drums- Brian Greggs
bass- Robert Blodgett
trombone- Pete Bergstrom
vibes- Paxton Gehling

critiques most welcome!
-Paxton

Here's a pdf with a list of Giant Steps CDs.

Man I just read Dana's blog. he's right, the opportunity is here, we should ALL be blogging. Well no should's or shouldn'ts as my wife would say. But blogging would help the learning process here.

I wish the pros would blog more often. Just talk about what's up and talk about what's going on in there heads.

I can relate to Dana listening back to himself. I always said, if I had my own music college:

Mandatory recording device for each student.
Mandatory Journal (daily)
Mandatory Recording yourself playing several things each day.

Another video from Angelo who just might be the oldest vibe player in the world? Well he's at least most likely in the top 10 i would bet!

I watched this video and saw him standing behind the instrument and playing away and thought, wow!!!

Just thought i'd post it here.

When Gary told us about his childhood, we had a little talk about tap dancing.

Having a look on Joe Locke's agenda, I saw that he will be performing at Jazz Baltica (Germany) in July, with young tap dancer Maurice Chestnut and a few other percussionists. The title of the performance is : "Percussion Discussion".

Whao!! I'd love to be a little mouse and attend!… But who knows, maybe there will be some video on Youtube…

Gary talks about his travels!

Yes, tell us Gustavo! Please! :o)

P.S.: If you need it, here is the link to the general rules of a "Who is"...
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/faq/what-who/tonymiceli/031409

Argentina Diary

Day 1
6:40am. I stumble off the American Airlines flight from Miami after a mostly sleepless flight. The first thing I notice is that all the airport workers are wearing medical masks and rubber gloves. Guess they’re taking the flu seriously down here. In the baggage area I am concerned because there are no carts in sight. I have five pieces of luggage (three vibes cases, two personal luggage).
[Reminder to self: call Mark, my trusty case maker in Massachusetts, and order a replacement for the large case. This one won’t last much longer.]

Here is someone who obviously adores Milt Jackson, as do a lot of people on this site. However, even though this person does not obviously "sound" like Milt, they have managed to play an exact solo by Milt with his nuances. Enjoy!

I am a huge fan of Gary and this video I found! Very Interesting I think is from the pre rock/jazz/ fusion stuff
also you can see some dampening techniques and great solo.. Larry Coryell -guitar