Vibraphone

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.

Begging, Borrowing and Stealing. Things vibe players must do to play the instrument!

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!!!

"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.

Behn came over today to pick up some mallets we started talking about melodies and playing lines. So I asked Behn to play a tune with only melodies and lines, no chords and then talk about it. Here's what came out.