At home working on a few things with How Insensitive. I love playing compositions by Jobim.

"Whisper Not" is a good tune to learn to move lines among changes. It's fairly easy and it's a lot of fun. In this lesson:
1. Learn this etude by memorizing or by sight-reading it, depending on your level.
2. Analyze the harmony and the thematic variations of this solo.
3. Learn by ear the second solo.

Enjoy!
Dimitris

I thought Bali Ha'i, from "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein, would sound cool on the vibes, with the tremolo sped up a bit, ala Exotica genre.

Enjoy.

Barry

hey,
this is a new band i´m playing with. i played drums and vibes and did the reording and the video in my kitchen with the singer...nothing impressing but i thought some of you might like it :9

tarik

Adding to the basic melodic minor theory lesson of 2 weeks ago. Now adding chromaticism to open up other lines/ shapes.

This is just a link to my article on my meeting with Mike Mainieri and Franck Tortiller in Paris in November 2012.
I only wanted to have it added to my album of wonderful meetings! The original article is on Mike's page on the site and you can put posts only in one v-book.
Man... that year 2012 was really special! :o)

http://www.vibesworkshop.com/node/7868/

This is just a link to my article on Gary's concert in Paris I had the chance to attend in April 2012.
I only wanted to have it added to my album of wonderful meetings! The original article is on Gary's corner virtual book on the site and you can put posts only in one v-book.

http://www.vibesworkshop.com/node/7092/

Clip of Bluesette from Berklee Summer Percussion Festival concert that took place in June 2014. I just found this in the video library and it hadn't been previously posted up on YT. There are some other clips from the concert up on my YT channel.

It's always a treat for me to play with these fantastic guys and musicians. Billy Novick - clarinet, Mark Carlsen - upright bass and Steve Langone - drums.