I've seen some of you guys around for a while now. Dimitri, Tarik, my great buddy John Daly, Barry. And there are others. You guys have become friends of mine and I'm blown away watching you guys get better on this instrument. In AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) people get a lot of strength by hearing of others journeys in getting sober. I think that's pretty powerful stuff.

I would love to hear some of you guys talk about your journey's with this instrument over the last several years and how you progressed. What did you do, how did overcome some of the obstacles in your way!!!

Hello everyone !
Let me answer to Marie-Noelle , with this video, who asked me recently why i used 3 mallets now in my playing.
The reason is medical. I suffered a very severe tendonitis of the right shoulder, those last months, tendonitis due to an hyper-solicitation over my years of percussion.
I now reach my 56 and play since i have 12 ...
I was forced to stop vibes playing during 2 months this spring and had a vision of what eternity could be !

Here's some more of bags' groove with me on vibes. i'm trying to feel more comfortable with space. thanks for listening!

I hope this works! This is me playing some great musicians around my age. I'm playing piano here. I realize the tempo slows at the end, but o well, it was just a jam session. Any comments would be much appreciated, I'll try to get something with me on vibes up. thanks!

Hi everyone,
I'm sharing this song that I wrote two year ago.
It is just a duet with English singer Sam Dale (actually, he wrote the lyrics.)
I really love his voice and his spirit !
We recorded at home (in my bedroom…)
I hope you will like it!
I wish you nice summer holidays (if you do have some :-)

Here is a lesson on some of the differences between altered and diminished sounds.

Played in a nice club in Dublin, Ireland last night. Here's a blurry picture of the Premiere 705s. DISCONTINUED. WHAT A DRAG. COME ON PREMIERE, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT! That's a great instrument for gigging musicians.

We did an MJQ tribute there. Played with John Daly on drums, Phil Ware on Piano and Dan Bodwell on Bass. Great musicians! It was a really fun gig!

here´s another final mix from my trio recordings.

tarik

I was thinking that at the Delaware Workshop, we could do some sort of an official listening session with everyone, that was planned into the day. We could play some tunes and talk about what we like about it. After all, we play like whatever we listen to, so i think it'd be a good idea. Maybe it could happen?
And by the way I'm really excited for the workshop, and seeing/hearing some people that went last year also.