Some of you know James Whiting, our "young" and yet serious member from Australia. Last year James recently released a CD under his own name: www.vibesworkshop.com/node/5267/
Then he switched to Musical... even getting to dance on them! ;-) Here is a picture of his set for Hairspray, the Musical he's currently playing in. Thought I'd share it, and give you some fresh news from Australia! Go James! :o)

Another exerpt from the LA Vibe Summit! Bob is among our members here and sometimes pays us a little visit: swinging Bob!! :o)

Was driving home in my car the other day and this tune came on the radio, man it just blew me away, it was an arrangement of a Jobim number called Mojave. just a quartet, Guitar Hammond B3 Sax and Drums. Boy did they swing. A guy called Bob DeVos on gtr, I had never heard of him until then but I went straight on to Itunes and bought this album. Its a really great album and would recommend it highly. He is on you tube as well Here is the gtr solo, some beautiful lines in here. Anyone here familiar with his stuff?

John

Here's a lesson on one of my favorite aspects of studying bebop. I love playing bebop, but this is the stuff that I take away from it that infuses everything else I play.

I'm a great fan of Marco. He is really really good ! And not known enough to my point of view. Here is a new demonstration of his talent.
Enjoy !

Tonight I played with my trio, and suddenly during one tune a kind of trap happened : I had a problem during the whole tune with the damper bar's screw, and at the end our drummer had a problem with his bass drum pedal, then we screwed up some passages, but at the same time the energy was good, and there was a fair amount of people dancing on our music. Finally we somehow managed to play and maintain the dancing energy, but I don't know exactly how we did. I just wanted to share this little experience, showing the reality of live music as it can sometimes be... ;-)

Listen to Wolfgang Schlüter!!! (1988)
Solo starts at 2:50 min.
Unbelievable timing and phrasing!
Have fun!
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