I laughed when I heard vibraman mention Franz's name (Franz is a new subscriber). He said, 'Man I thought I knew all the great players in Germany'.

There's a message here I think worth mentioning. Man be humble. You just never know who's sitting in the audience, or who's around the corner from you.

Hi All,

This is from a gig I did two Fridays ago, 5-March-2010. Me on vibes, Doug Sondak on alto, Richard Hale-Shaw on bass and Ed Conley on drums. It's a slightly twisted version of "All the Things You Are". I've attached the lead sheet for the arrangement, although the time changes should be easy enough to pick up.

It's a single mic recording so the mix isn't so great, I guess the mic was too close to the alto player, but you'll get the idea :-).

Tom P.

Franz Bauer's Solo CD.
Vibraphone, Marimba, Percussions and Electronics.
Original compositions by Franz Bauer as well as pieces
like 'Money' (Pink Floyd), Caravan (D. Ellington) or the great 'O sole Mio' (E. di Capua)
http://www.franzbauer.com
also available on itunes etc...

I had Mike Gordon over the house today. I didn't know much at all about Phish. But man some people worship this group huh??? He shot some video for our hand drum site. Any fans? I'll also put some on face book.

I was supposed to go to the concert tonight, but i got sick.

This is pretty amazing. Check out the chime solo in the middle. Man Rollini was a monster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCfoSJjkeY

I think it is very hip what Ty says here about playing, especially the part at the end about life experience.

That's his new quartet playing in the background. Germaine's tap dance is integrated into the music as a drum. She also sings, but when she is tapping, it's two drummers, bass and vibes. ..and the other drummer is Doc Gibbs, who is totally awesome!

I played a happy hour duo gig back in January. A friend captured this video and, even though its not my shiniest moment, I thought I would go ahead and post it for fun.

My friend Paul Metzger is playing with me.

Hello Vibes Workshop !

I was doing a gig yesterday with some students from a "conservatoire" in Paris, we were playing at the auditorium of the conservatoire...
We played some pop songs. I played marimba. (BTW I have to get the vibes player on the site)

Here is an excerpt "I wish", from Stevie Wonder.

Enjoy !

Nicolas Farrugia

Guys,

I just came across this smoookin' vid and felt like sharing it: Henry Hey is a great musician that I knew more as an amazing "soft pianist". He was notably in Joe Locke's two first albums with voice.

But man... this is another something else! And the four of them are... wow!! How would say Tony "playing their asses off"! Oh man! What would the Inquisitor think about it! ;o)

Anyway, I love to hear them all (that electro/sax is amazing!), and watch them having so much fun!

A lesson in itself, no?

Enjoy!

- M

Hi,

A friend of mine who plays very good classical guitar would like some vibraphone / guitar duet pieces potentially.

We are thinking of:

The Piazolla flute/guitar duets
Toccatta and Divertimento for guitar plus vibes by Ney Rosauro

What else would you recommend we try?

thanks,

Joe