My new tune to study is Pent Up House. I'm checking out this Billy Pierce solo, mainly because I love how he moves between all the 'altered' tones. He plays these standards bebop ways of getting around the 3rd and 5th and uses them over the flat 9s and sharp 9s. I think it's really cool and I love his playing.

Also Pent Up House is nothing but 2 5's so it's a good 12 key tune. Above is the Billy Pierce solo from his album Epistrophy and below is the famous Sonny Recording.

I did a series on the tune 'The End of a Beautiful Friendship'. Here's Milt playing the tune. Milt smokes the tune, but check out Monty. OH MY GOD!! And Clarke Terry tears it apart as well!

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This was being passed around by singers, they loved it for the harmony between the voices. Andy Williams and Connie Francis. They ARE right, this is really well done and the singing is right on the money.

Now personally I don't see it as corny, to me it's really beautiful. I wonder if some of you will. But get past that if you feel that way, and listen to the harmony in the voices. I think we strive as vibe players to make inner lines that are beautiful and rich.

I played with our site bass player today, Mark Pryzbalowski and we named our favorite tune which for both of us in Shenandoah (mine always changes, but this one is always way up their).

So here it is. There's a suprise in the tune, and Easter Egg as computer programmers say.

I played with our official site bass player today and we recorded a couple tunes. I thought I'd post them. Mark is a great guy and a great player and a great friend! We get together as often as we can and play and work on stuff. Check out Mark!

A robotic vibraphone!!