Here is a tune I recorded in my basement with a midi bass line a couple of years ago. Clearly too many notes (on a minor blues) are played here. It is fun to just go for it sometimes and see what happens.....fall get up and try again. Makes you appreciate how folks like Gary Burton get around the instrument like nobodies business!
Rusty

Definitely worthy of the chops festival. This is a very hard etude I wrote and worked on. I couldn't play it now, but here's the video where I once upon a time played it.

Ok, I think we've really worked hard on solo playing. I mean it's obvious some of us have and I assume some of you are working and not posting. Who knows though if you don't post. But I think those of us active on the site have gotten a lot out of all.

So let's start the Chops Festival. Etudes, exercises and more. Things that will help us build our technique.

hey all,

another original by us with mixed malletkat and vibes. i think the malletkat fits very good in this trio because that low rhodes sound make the missing bass a bit less obvious. thanks to marie i could also decide for a better version out of two.

p.s. thanks for all the comments on the other tunes so far. i think those german lyrics must sound strange to you... sometimes even for me too :)

tarik

Oh My God! That is soooo sweet!!! Thank you so much guys!!! :o)

Ok guys!!

I´ve posted an original composition by me about the last CD recorded the Marosa Jazz Project and I like share w/ all you the audio track we recorded and the lead sheet for you can read it while you are listening it. What I can to say?? If would be a great honour for me if you play that in an gig, performance... and after post it.

I was asked, for obvious reasons, to play this on my gig last night. Had to do a quick and dirty chart, which was kinda lame... so tonight, while practicing, I was working out something a little more coherent. It's not fully baked and not so good recording, but in deference to Andy, I thought I would share it just for the handful of us who remember.

Peace

hi,

this is another original from our recording session. i like the rhodes sound of the malletkat very much...three more tunes to come in the next days. hope you like it.

tarik

Hi guys.
I would like to share this piece that I wrote called Familisterioso. The band features vibes, cello and bass clarinet + the guitar from master Nguyen Lê for the occasion. The challenge was to put together some very acoustic instruments in a classical sound and the overdrive of the lead Guitar. Another way to put the vibe in a crossover style.