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He is 84 years old at the time this video was recorded.... !

Groovin High

Groovin High

Groovin High

I know I'm early, but here's a practice tape of Tricotism.

I've been listening to the great pianist Art Tatum for the past few weeks while commuting to Boston to teach at Berklee. I hadn't listened to Tatum for quite awhile. I listened to all of the tracks from the Solo Masterpieces. Still unbelievable playing and fresh. The refined touch, sound, fluidity, harmonic richness, reharm, chromaticism within the harmony, the stride and 10ths in the left hand, ...there's so much in each track. Anyways, here's a little nod to Art Tatum with this rendition of Duke Ellington's great composition "In A Sentimental Mood".

Here are my groovin High Lessons.

I've posted the main audio which contains Groovin High Melody and a Chord Study (2 separate pdfs)

Then you a quarter note solo (no audio) and a syncopated study in 3rds (pdf and audio).

If you're a beginner do the following:

1. Play the melody, then follow it with the quarter note study and then take the melody out.
2. Fill in the chords on the quarter note solo etude
3. Post 2 recordings of Groovin high from Youtube that you like.

If you're intermediate:

There's an etude here in here called "Line Etude for First Half." For extra credit, create a 2nd half for it :)

Peace - a beautiful ballad by pianist Horace Silver

aloha ..

sharing his amazing night of music with you all .. over the last couple months I've been working with the great percussionist from spyro gyra Gerardo Velez .. he invited me to be featured on his 2nd night at the blue note in hawaii .. we performed afro blue.. i did a little intro upfront before the band kicked in ,, the axe i used for the gig was the Malletkat double marimba sound ... bring quick setup and awesome for small stages ..

Mahalo