Here is a play along that has the changes to the handout by Larry McKenna. It's rhythm changes in Bb and has lots of substitute turnarounds. You can use this to practice the solo Larry has written out or just to try playing solo over the changes.
It can also be used for practicing voicing chords on these changes. I'll be posting this in other keys soon as well.

In the pdf I've attached the chord changes, but I've written them out in Roman Numerals, so you can use this in any key. Some quick notes:

- plain roman numerals indicate diatonic chords in the key( like II V etc...)

a bit of xylophone madness from a 2002 gig at the triple door in seattle, WA

man its hard to keep up with a violinist sometimes but i think i got him on this one..

LMAO

its been a week now since i had to be my black lab " tosh" down. i was looking thru some only recordings i did in past years and found one mp3 that i thought would be cool to post.. this is a recording i did with spoke word artist, David Greenberger and 3 Leg Torso. the recording was done at WGBH in boston back in 2004.. this tune was one that i composed a year earlier entitled Morning mist .. when david heard it he put his touch on it and it became MISS me MISS dog

enjoy

This is an interesting site of LA studio musician and percussionist Gary Coleman (not the "Whatchoo talkin' about, Willis?" Gary Coleman of "Different Strokes"), but a well-known, at least to me, artist who has performed on hundreds of films, tv programs and records. Gary is the father of Lisa Coleman of the duo Wendy and Lisa. Wendy and Lisa played guitar and keyboards respectively, with Prince back in the 80's. Wendy is Wendy Melvoin, daughter of pianist Mike Melvoin.

What's the most famous Pop Song ever recorded on vibes... or on anything for that matter? Well, here's a quicky version of it for Florian.

A quick note.

I love how something can start a train of thought. That's why to me communities are so important. And I love this vibe community.

Sounds like with Joe's exercise that there's a serious study in moving intervals in a parallel way. Next moving different intervals in parallel ways. Next moving things in parallel scale ways. Next moving things in approximate parallel ways making concessions for harmony.

Here's a link to the website of legendary percussionist Emil Richards' website. This is a cool slide show showing some of the instruments in his collection, including a 31-tone vibe where an octave is divided into like, 21 parts. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Richards almost 20 years ago at the PASIC Day of Percussion when it was held in Philly.

http://www.emilrichards.com/biography/instruments-pics.php

I was having fun playing around with parallel 6ths. They sound so cool on the vibes. I tried it on piano and it doesn't sound as nice. Anyway, I started playing a song that I recognized but don't know the name. Can anyone name that tune (attached).

Thanks,
Barry

Beautiful!!!

To this day, I still love Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, The Stones, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix... and of course The Beatles… and many other pop bands. I love them just as much as I do any music. They all played perfectly (to me). And today with my ears having decades of learning, listening and educating, I find this music to be even more astonishing.