Vibraphone

"When You Wish Upon A Star" - solo vibraphone performance from concert at the Theatre de la Licorne in Cannes, France - October 8th, 2017. Special thanks to Andres Ramos (Professor and Head of Percussion - Cannes Conservatoire), Bergerault, Vic Firth, the city of Cannes and the Conservatory of Grasse.

"Sweet Lorraine" - an old classic composed in 1928. One of my favorite rendition is from legendary pianist Art Tatum.

Teaching with FaceTime. I gave a lesson yesterday to a vibe student in Guangzhou, China. Technology has certainly increased the possibilities in music education. We covered a lot of ground in the hour including the fulcrum grip, dampening, theory, comping and improv.

It's a mallet instrument and all these old(er) people got together to make a group. I think it's pretty cool.

There are a lot of older people on the site who picked up the vibes later in life. That's amazing to me. There is one guy, Roger who lives in central PA, he works more than I do now.

One of the most beautiful french song. Listen !

Here's a starter's look at Tritones and Tritone substitutions.

Beautiful ballad written in 1940 by Rodgers and Hart. Some chord progression changes from Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett.

Now available on Amazon: Voicing Concepts For The Jazz Vibist. The book addresses a variety of voicing concepts as applied to the II-7 V7 I Maj progression as well as standards including Autumn Leaves, Green Dolphin Street, Stella By Starlight. Also included, chord melodies to You Are Too Beautiful and But Beautiful.