At the Delaware Workshop the first week in August, a number of the participants decided that they'd like to put into action some of the things they learned. To do this, it was suggested that a group of us work on a "tune a month" concept. Here's the idea:

John Daly has been editing the tape from the Ireland workshop. Here's one about playing double stops with the left hand and playing 'fake' octaves.

Victor is a bad ass pan player as we all know!

What I learned at the workshop....

1. Mallets made with tie died yarn are magic.
2. Perfect 4th intervals are nomads and are useful just about anywhere.
3. If you play the #9 + b13 + b9 of a dominant 7th chord it makes two perfect 4ths. Interesting. Example D7 F + Bb + Eb.
4. Playing music is very hard work and those who do it for a living have special athletic ability.

Tony: The Delaware workshop was sensational. I got sooo much out of it and I'm sooo pumped up about playing. This"total immersion" kind of workshop is really the best way to learn things. I am sooo F-in tired for all the hours I put in last week ... but I'm smiling!

This was a great way to sum up the summer!

Hi all!

As my baby and his mother are sleeping I can't play vibes and instead I play guitar.

David Friedman talked at the Delaware workshop about Jazz as a language one wants to learn. This recording of mine shall show how I speak "Jazzguitar" after about 18 years of "training" now.

Sorry, no vibraphone this time, hope you don't mind, btw the piece is called Somebody's Soul and I actually play only the comping - maybe someone wants to dub something over it?

any feed back welcome

cheers Stefan

Hey vibists.. check out this show I caught tonight: double bill with Bobby Hutcherson & Stefon Harris Blackout at Caramoor Jazz festival. It was interesting to see these guys play back-to-back (they did not jam together). Bobby is looking a lot older than last time I saw him, and moving kinda slow, but still playing great. He was with Renee Rosnes, Dwayne Burno & Lewis Nash, and the NYC A-list backup was a good setting. He did a lot of ballads, which were all killing. And boy, it was clear how much his thing paved the way for Stefon's thing.

we talked for a while about voicings at the delaware workshop which was great. but i'm wondering everyone's approach on voicings when your playing solo and in a duo with a bass player. do you guys keep the root out for the most part when your solo or not?