Hey guys, I recorded this today for my friend Thelonious Monk Institute Audition tape. He's the bass player.

Joe Doubleday- Vibraphone
Jake Sherman- Rhodes
Greg Chaplin- Bass
Adam Arruda- Drums

Vince plays great bebop lines. Think about this in terms of 4 mallet playing. If your lines are as full as Vinces, this would change your four mallet playing. You wouldn't have to add as much accompaniment. You could if you wanted, the point being the choice would be yours. you wouldn't be relying on it.

Great stuff. I hope you guys work hard on this and the following videos.

Ok, so we studied chords and harmony. I sure hope some of you guys got some stuff out of all that. There was a ton to learn and study!

So I figured before we had back to tunes we should officially study the other side of all this and that's the line... the solo, the melody.

I still believe that for all of us, the line should be first thing. The most important thing.

(Dizzy Gillespie/Chano Pozo)

Check out the killin' vibes solo !

Nico

This is a short etude I recently wrote aimed at improving my single hand dampening. Listen out for the continuous C5 under the moving harmonies..

Thought you guys might want to see this. pretty cool stuff.