Hey Everybody,

Yesterday I played in one of the best watched tv shows in Holland with a singer from Rotterdam, Ntjam Rosie. A really great band to play with. Below are two songs. One is a very short song where I play vibes and a little percussion the second one I play only percussion.

Hope you like it!

John sent me that one this morning, among others... I couldn't resist posting it! What can I say? I love this picture!! :o)

http://rcpt.yousendit.com/1053529657/47038c57d935f70f92c680c309fa94d2

it will be there for 7 days

I just had a phone call with someone. We were talking and I thought of something I wanted to say. I knew underneath I was partly bragging about ME. Strike one. Then the conversation just started to drift but I HAD to get my plug in there. So I tried to work it in the new subject. I blurted it out and sounded like a frickin' idiot. Awkward moment but the other person just moved on.

On the way home I realized that I have done this with soloing AND comping as well. You guys get it?

This is my arrangement of Ennio Morricone's piece Ecstacy of Gold.

Program note:

Dimitri playing "Days of Wine and Roses"....
Warning : "F" word inside ! :)

Tjaco performing "In a sentimental mood"

Here is a part of a lesson by Tony, day 1 of the workshop in Sassenheim.

Tony speaks about "embellishing notes" or "surrounding notes" (after a question from Ben "redders" Redman).

Tony asked all of us to get to the vibraphone and just play a melody.

Here is Vid playing "But Beautiful".