Getting a little practice time in today at home while on a semester break from Berklee. Here are a few choruses of I'm Old Fashioned by Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer. I learned this tune playing with trumpeter Herb Pomeroy and clarinetist/saxist Dick Johnson. I learned so much from playing with them. Sadly, they have left us but are still very much missed and remembered by many musicians especially in the Boston area.

Hey Vibes Guys!
Happy nes year to all of you. I recorded a TOTW again. I had a few Xmas gigs so i didn't find the time to practice that much. But now i'm back in Berlin. study must go on!
This is the tune "the end of a beautiful friendship". i love that tune. i heard it the first time played by tony and florian in Oldenburg, Germany. Since then i played it quit a lot of times.
Here is this weeks solo version of it. i pushed the time, and missed quit a lot of notes :/. also i should damp more than i did. thats what i thought.

tell me what you think. :)

Here's the first lesson of a short series about rhythm changes playing.
As usual there's a pdf that is a summary of what we are going to do during the lesson.

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A nice medium be-bop tune that sounds pretty good as a solo piece.

Dedicated to the great Charlie Haden whom we lost in 2014. A very special musician and person.

A good way to start a new year :o))
Happy new year for all !!!!

Solo marimba audioclip of George Gershwin's classic composition "Summertime" from a video shoot taped by the Vic Firth production team which took place at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Other songs recorded at the session were (on vibes) Autumn Leaves, Alone Together, Wave, Green Dolphin Street, (on marimba) Summertime, Topsy and (vibes/marimba) Take the A Train. Videoclips of these tracks will be released via the Vic Firth YouTube channel over the next few months.