I've been playing Little B's Poem every day and working on a solo out of the Omnibook, using it as a sort of etude. Starting to take it through all the keys.

What are you working on? (Always curious)

I just realized that that's another way of describing consistency.

I hope you guys see the importance of working on something, taking a break (less than 36 hours is recommended) and then doing is again and then over again.

Here Etude 1. When I recorded I didn't notice the mic setting was on "low", then I had to amplify a lot when editing. In the process and in the passing in MP3 format, the nuances went out a bit...

Live from the Red Sea Jazz Festival

This is from a concert last week. I had sent a copy to Tony and he thought I should post it, so here "tis.

For those of you not old enough to know, this tune is from the era of the Great Depression. It is called Brother Can You Spare a Dime. The players here are Dan Hanrahan (guitar), Gabe Globus-Hoenich (drums), Justin Sekelewski (bass) and me.

http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/106535013

Hi all! I have been a registered user for a while, but I just recently got on the subscription thing to get access to the lessons--finally have a little more time to practice; also my own vibes and practice space. (hurray!)

My question is this; every time I try to listen to an audio only lesson, it ends up only going 1/3 to 1/4 of the way through. For instance, If the audio is supposed to be 14 minutes, it usually only goes for around 3 minutes. Video seems to work fine. I am running on OSX with Firefox as a browser. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for any help!

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One thing is sure: Joe Locke is far too seldom playing in France. But this Friday evening he was in Paris at 'Le Sunside', in the nice pedestrian jazz part of the city. This time, he was playing in a chamber trio with Rosario Giuliani on sax and Dado Moroni on piano.

Of course I was there, with my guitarist friend Bernard… and Florian who just turned 10. Mainly for him we were placed in the front row, but this venue is so small that from my seat if I’d bend my arm I could touch the vibes!