I recently began teaching privately via Skype and Face Time. I've been asked in the past about teaching via Skype but have been reluctant since I'm not too tech savvy. But, I'm pleasantly surprised how easy it has been. I recently had a lesson with Ben Redman from Scotland. Ben has been working on playing a chord melody on "Moonlight in Vermont". We talked about various chord options when playing the chords along with the melody. I suggested some voicings using specific tensions as well as some reharmonization possibilities.

Man this is some incredible music! What a great adventure this must have been for all! I love Joe's part from 1'44 to 3'08: awesome! And to me, even it's Tim Garland's writting at 2'23 it sounds like a "long Locke lick"! Haha! Enjoy! - M

I went shopping for a van ramp this morning for my Hammond organ. Although I haven't made a purchase yet, I wanted to share a little bit of what I learned.

Past threads have discussed moving the vibes assembled (my preference) versus assembling/dissembling the instrument every time. To move the vibes already assembled, you need a van of some kind, so this is for those of you who own a minivan and might be interested in this topic.

Oh man! Isn't he cute? And damn right on the money!! A lesson for us all!! :o)

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For those in the Boston area, Warren Wolf will be performing at the Regattabar - Cambridge MA tonight with his quintet. Any one going (Joe D?), please say hello from us, have fun, and let us know how it went!!

Link for more details: http://www.getshowtix.com/regattabar/moreinfo.cgi?id=2380

- M

I just found this on Youtube. Had no Idea it was recorded. This was a gig I did in Israel about 3 or 4 years ago. It was a tribute to a wonderful Israeli jazz composer, Stu Hacohen, who had died several years ago. Check out Theodosil Spassov on Kaval, a bulgarian flute he's made famous. It was basically a jam with a short rehearsal to check out a couple of heads. It's totally raw but everybody had a great time playing together.

I know, the Chega solo by Gary has been watched a milion times... still I don't remember seeing this version on Youtube. I came to it thanks to Philppe Macé recent post from the site Ina.fr (the French TV Archives).

So far Vibesworkshop is not valid to post from ina.fr, so I can only give you the link here (unless Tony you can do something about it?): http://www.ina.fr/art-et-culture/musique/video/I09211845/gary-burton-ch…

This version is not live and was recorded on the ORTF studio on 31/08/71. Man Gary, just 40 years ago!!

This is an amazing video! Thanks for Phillipe Macé for this gem!