(Tune by Geoffrey Keezer)

Hi everybody! As most of us I got a crush on the Joe Locke repertoire!!!! Tulipa is my favourite tune from the fantastic "Live in Seattle" record. At the Jazz Baltica festival in 2007 I asked Geoffrey Keezer to send me the music - he did! Enjoy or interpretation of this wonderful tune!

Beautiful Friendship Part 2. Analyzing the Harmony. Each section of the tune is identical!! Amazing!

Ella is the best! Check her solos and her intro here. The band is happening also.

Sounds like her voice is a little tired. But check this out. You talk about ears!!!!

Check Out Terry Gibbs' Solo!

SMOKINNNNNNN

Man he's in great shape!

Listen to when he has the whole band playing 16s. Everybody in that band is a mo' fo. Oh man, wait till that part. I was dying!!!

Since I've been studying this tune I figure we should talk about it!!

Here's lesson 1! This is a beautiful tune!

So Joe Doubleday has been talking about Mics and Pics on Facebook to me. So I thought I'd start a discussion.

I think they both have there place and both are useful. For me mics come first, pick-ups second. The sound will dramatically change with pickups. It's a different beast all together just like the Mallet Kat is totally different But both good weapons to own (not sure why I used that analogy). I do think though after you have the mic thing down pick-ups are the next step, for the really loud gigs.

Sorry, this is no vibes... but wow! I went to a concert last night. Anouar Brahem, the Tunisian 'Prince Of Oud' and his pals got us into a beautiful trip.

This great oriental 12 string kind of mandolin has in itself a magical sound. Anouar was accompanied by lebanese percussionist Kaled Yassine. But to complete this quartet, he chose two instruments and players from the north: German Klaus Gesing on bass clarinet and Swedish bassist Bjorn Meyer.