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Blue Serge by Ted Wolff

This beautiful ballad by Mercer Ellington is, I believe, not well known. Bill Evans and Eddie Gomez recorded it on the album Intuition, which is where I discovered it. I love the simplicity of the melody supported by those rich chords. Mmmm Mmmm good!

A lead sheet is included.

Why there aren't a lot of big names that play the vibraphone in latin jazz (by dimitrios angelakis).

I am doing a presentation about the vibraphone in latin jazz music as part of my thesis and I realized after talking to Tony today that there aren't so many vibes player in this music as there are in piano. I know Tito, Cal, Samuels and Christos but how come no really big names like Eddie Palmieri or Chucho Valdes.
What do you guys think about that?

I would appreciate all your comments because not often some is speaking about those stuff and it's part of my presentation.
Thank you all for your time!

Dimitris

Stella by starlight solo vibes by Dimitrios Angelakis by dimitris angelakis

Hi all,

This is stella by starlight on solo vibes. The first is a pre-composed solo and the second is a jamming with the latin feel.
The reason I pre-composed the solo is because that way it's easy to practice specific things. It's the same when you practice a pre-composed solo.

thanks and enjoy