Man...I think this blog thing is really helping me. Tonight I wasn't going to spend a ton of time on Afro Blue, but then I said "No, I've got to work on that transcription so I can post!!!".

Let me introduce you to Gabriel "Slam" Nobles. He's a fine vibist from what I call the "Vibe Summit" team. He lives in California and I totally dug this picture of him! He nicely allowed me to post it here... to join the 'Picture of the Month' section of our next Newsletter! Go Mr. Slam!! :o)

Had the chance to see Chick Corea and Gary Burton and the Harlem String Quartet in Burlington VT last night. What a show. Great tunes, beautiful arrangements and unreal musicianship. The best part of the show, besides Gary Burton's unbeilably fluid lines (how can lines be so smooth?) was that all the musicians really wanted to share their music with the audience. They were into it! Thank you to Chick Corea and Gary Burton for continuing to Tour!

My wife took a picture while I was recording myself.
So here is my recordingstudio.

:-))))

greetings,
Stefan

thomas Mackay on vibes, John Zalabak on bass and kelvin underwood on drums, this is a tiny wine cellar that we play at twice a month. the place is so tiny the one nighter vibraphone barely fits in the place .. this is a tune by tmackay called herky jerky, improvisation over a D and Db tonality ..the melody is stated at the end of video

Alright...I need some motivation. Many times I have said to myself "Carolyn, you should transcribe more, it's great for your ear!" so I'll start working on something...AND NEVER FINISH IT.

I am continuing to build a repertoire for my upcoming accordion/guitar jam. I am working on Cute, one of my first up-tempo tunes.

In this arrangement, I decided to try chord melody. I threw in some of Behn's sequential ideas on a couple of the changes.

Suggestions are solicited, especially suggestions on arranging vibes along with two chordal instruments, like accordion and guitar. i.e., when they comp for me, should I just play lines, or can I also add accompaniment, like I did in this version?

Thanks,
Barry

Crazy and healthy Mozart-inspired funk by very good musicians....