For the "veterans" of thevibe.net, do you remember Polish born vibist Les Blachut? I have a good memory of a pleasant and funny guy, his six mallets theory (and practice!) and of that fun picture of him holding 8 mallets! Ha! :o)

He recently contacted me through Facebook: what a good surprise! I saw that he is here as member, but too busy to participate (so far)… between his work and his… twin babies! ;o)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE!! MARIE IS SECOND IN CHARGE HERE ON THE SITE. WE'RE SO LUCKY SHE HANGS OUT WITH US!!! Marie is one of my best friends! And I'll meet her in about a month!!

Click here to sign her card

Use good voicings to help you make up lines.

We've been studying Joe Locke's tune 'Sword of Whispers'. We've all learned a ton from Joe and his tune.

Here's a pretty complete reference of what we've done.

If you put your version, please let me know so I can add it to this page!

Check out the comments to see what we were thinking!

Anyone near Dallas interested in a mini workshop early February?
click here for more info

Gary playing some Piazzola! He gets house on his solo!!!! Great solo!

Hey Tony, this is two choruses of comping on invitation.

I'll be playing with Elio Villafranca quartet Featuring Grant Stewart on sax.

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