I've been a fan of Steve Swallow for a long time, and not only for his extraordinary bass playing but for his compositions too. Ladies in Mercedes has been recorded many times by numerous artists, including Steve Kuhn, Carla Bley, Gary Burton, and many others.

Steve's famous Falling Grace may be his most well known tune, but I also love others that are not as well known, including Peau Douce, Radio, and the one I'm introducing here, Ladies in Mercedes.

Hey guys, here's one we just taped last week at Berklee. It's an old classic that works great with the four to the bar feel. I recorded this song on my recording Swing On The Sunny Side with the great Herb Pomeroy. Herb's solo on that track is simply beautiful. This clip is also my nod to the great pianist Dave McKenna. If you haven't checked out Dave, I suggest you should. He has a lot of solo recordings out on the Concord Jazz label as well as some nice clips up on YouTube. Happy Holidays everyone! Ed

Pulling a Marie here :-). Loved this video and I'm re-posting it this way so it'll get picked up by the Roku app.

Tom P.

PS. What's the Roku app? See http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/vibesworkshopcom-roku-now-available/….

I was practicing something and played a minor 7th chord. It reminded my of a tune by Billy Joel called "James" from the Turnstiles album, played on a Rhodes Piano. I thought it might sound good on vibes, so I started working on it. The backing track is the basic "Light Rock" style from Band-in-a-Box, with just the bass, drums and strings track. Here is one chorus from my practice session tonight.

Barry

Hello everyone. It's Marie. I saw that new version that Darrin posted of this beautiful tune... adding the angelic voices of his daughters! Omg! So beautiful!!! (to have the full story, just go to the "check this out" link). But he very descreetly added an mp3 file to his original post...

So I felt like posting this version appart for you guys not to miss it... Wow...

I recently had a vibe hang for my students at my house. Here's a quick photo from the session. I'm lucky to have some great and talented students!

In November, after my interview in PAS Percussive Notes mag, I posted that I would celebrate this little achievement by posting a video of me playing Joe Locke's solo on Satellite, which was featured in the same issue...

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I finally could record a this tune I'm working on since a while now (well when I find some mn to practice). I'm sure the time between my practice sessions were productive in many ways...

This could be my 'very late' final on the Chords & Harmony Festival, where I mainly could only work on a stride first approach.

Still many mistakes, but I felt like getting 'back on my feet' more or less all the same, so I decided to post it anyway.

Enjoy! - M

This video demonstrates using the half-whole diminished scale over dominants.