Sorry, this is no vibes... but wow! I went to a concert last night. Anouar Brahem, the Tunisian 'Prince Of Oud' and his pals got us into a beautiful trip.

This great oriental 12 string kind of mandolin has in itself a magical sound. Anouar was accompanied by lebanese percussionist Kaled Yassine. But to complete this quartet, he chose two instruments and players from the north: German Klaus Gesing on bass clarinet and Swedish bassist Bjorn Meyer.

Me, My Mouth, My Sticks and My Washing Machine and Dryer!

Here's a decent version of the tune I was going to do a few lessons on next. I think this is a beautiful tune. Really really beautiful to me!! And a very interesting tune to study. I liked this take the best but forgot that the Washer and Dryer were on. The conditions I have to practice under here are really disappointing. But my underwear are clean.

"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.

Hi!

Just a practise tape of me playing Autumn Leaves, don't worry its only two chorusses ;-)

critics welcome

Cheers Stefan

P.S. just added a version of the mp3 without metronome

Hi all,

We've talked quite a lot about vibes and popular music. Here is an example.

Yesterday I came across this vid of my vibist friend Norbert. It's not jazz, but he joined a group named 'General Elektriks' where he plays drums and vibes.

In October they were hosted on French program 'Taratata', a good musical moment where music is 100 % live. As guest was 'M', a hip famous French musician/singer (guy with the black hat). The tune they revisited 'Melodie Nelson' is from great French late composer Serge Gainsbourg.

Some of the heaviest guys in the state came out to the jam session on monday and just totally blew me away. It was a blast being the worst musician on the bandstand. It is great to play with guys that really listen and react and make music. I had my phone and this little phone mic thing that I have so I decided I would record some of it. I wish I would have recorded more. We played an epic Nardis. It's cool because these guys like to just try playing tunes in different ways to really make a challenge.

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This is a recording from my school's jazz combo recital. I'm sorry that my vibes arent louder. We just had a mic out front to record it and it didn't come out that great.

Personnel:
Joe Doubleday- Vibes
Robert Redmond- Trumpet
Dusty Higgins- Guitar
Sam Hinson- Electric Bass
Dr. Cory Gavito- Director