Hey everybody. I recently did a recording session with The University of South Carolina Palmetto Pans (steel pan group). USC is my alma mater and they invited me to be featured on one of the tunes of their upcoming album. I got emailed this by the studio a little with ago. I am happy with how it turned out. Hope ya dig it!

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I can't resist posting this one too. When Vid came to my home he of course tried my vibes. I must admit it was a very special moment for me. I realised it was the first time I would hear a "true" vibist play my instrument. And I thought it sounded great... and loud!! I had no idea it had that power. This is because of Vid's playing, but also because I always play soft at home, not to disturb my boys... and also by fear of wrong notes! Haha!! Anyway I wanted to share this with you too.
- M

Hey everybody,

My percussion group put on a concert at a cool hotel in northern Sweden a few weeks ago. The hotel looks out over a big rapids and lake which you can see through the window behind us.

This is one of my songs called "Footprints in Snow", I'm playing vibraphone and my friend Jacob Remington is playing marimba.

Hope you like it!

--Charles.

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Surprise! Vid Jamnik was in France with his parents & brother, and they had the kindness to come up to my home for short meeting! They met Florian and Bruno, Vid tried my vibes (what a great moment!) and we took that picture before they left... For the record, I 'knew' Vid's father from the former site thevibe.net but never had the chance to meet him in person: short but best vibes!! :o)

Once upon a time on a hot July day, Carolyn and her bassoon-friend Kelly decided to hang out. After spending a great day on the town, they went back to Carolyn's apartment so Kelly could pick up her bassoon and head out...but instead Carolyn wound up giving Kelly her first-ever jazz lesson and they started jamming. The result: Bocals and Yarn, a bassoon and vibes jazz duo getting ready to hit the streets next Saturday. Look out world, two rarer instruments of the jazz kingdom have struck a chord!

Arturo is one our members, an a serious vibist from Spain... But Arturo is too shy to post his music here!! Man what a loss for us if he wouldn't! So I decided to give him a hand. ;-) And it's Ed Saindon who helped me find the right tune as he talked about this video on a recent post. I leave you and let you enjoy this beautiful version of the tune, the great lines and feel that comes out of it...

Jeffery allowed me to post this great picture of one of street night gigs: beautiful! :o)

What a great picture! Illya is playing his composition in duet live on the Chaplin's movie "Le Vagabond". This was in a little town of the French Alps. I wish I had been there! I bet 'Charly' would have dig it! Go Illya! :o)

This is one of the pics that we used for the Jazz Festival launch, it made all the papers. it's me and my grandson Jack who is 5. Check out Jack's tee shirt. It was taken at a skate park lying on our backs.Love the graffiti background The soprano is heavy and I was amazed Jack held it up for so long while the pic was being taken. It cost me a visit to the toy shop afterwards. Marie especially for you.

John

best of both worlds! in response to your email, tony!

This picture was taken at the Bodega head beach in Bodega Bay, CA. I love comin out to a beach cliff spot and setting up, playing for an hour or two. People pull over and watch, ive attracted a little mini crowd or two a few times. its a pretty uncommon thing to see- and i get good response, beautiful energy. Someone even reccomended making an event out of it, and doing like a barbeque by the beach with vibes music lol. never got around to it, but it would be cool.