Here Stella recorded yesterday at Marriott Hotel in Montpellier. Not enough money to hire a drummer and a bassist, so we did with BIAB.
Nothing fancy, but for me it's the first time I was playing with a saxophonist since I started studying 4 mallets, then it's a kind of milestone for me, and I was wanting to share with VW.
Vibes solo still too complicated, too many notes, but I'm on the way to work on that....

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ENJOY MUSIC!

Regards

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It's Christmas season, or Hanukkah/Kwanza/Solstice season (not trying to start the war on Christmas, though!). What are your favorite jazz Christmas albums?

A few that I like

GRP Christmas- Various artists (including Gary)
Crescent City Christmas Card- Wynton Marsalis
Oscar Peterson Christmas- Oscar Peterson, obviously
then of course
Charlie Brown Christmas- Vince Guraldi

What about YOU!?

last week concert in duet with the amazing violin player Alexandra Soumm!
the piece is called Rumania rumania.

Check out the attached PDF's. Play through the examples. Can you hear it? Make Sense?

I want you guys to hear Grant Beiner's story. You talk about a musical entrepreneur. Grant is amazing and he's vibesworkshop's official case maker.

Grant tell us, Who is Grant Beiner?

No vibes here in Houston. It is 75 degrees here, though...

I am practicing Greensleeves.

I have been practicing improvising arpeggios to the A section to help me internalize the changes. In the recording, I started out with the arpeggios, then played a straight 4-mallet arrangement. The arpeggios are not to the meter since the changes occur too quickly.

Here is my work-in-progress from tonight's practice (without reading).

Barry