Here's an etude written by Simon working on his left hand.
I think it's great that David has his students write etudes to work on the technique!!
Check out Simon's monster left hand.
Hey Philly vibe players i'll be playing at Chris's Tonight Jan 20 Wed. 8 and 9:30!
sorry for the last minute notice....hope to see you!
One of David Friedman's students, Charly, plays David's solo vibe piece 'Ancient Parchment'.
What a studio David must have.
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!
Ear Training
Lessons that don't fit in any where else.
Ideas for practicing
