OK, this post was prompted by Ed's great version of Black Orpheus, and his thoughts about mallets...

This video was done a while ago, and I don't think I ever posted it on VW. Reason was, that I wasn't that crazy about the playing. It started out as just a personal comparison, to see how much I could feel the difference between mallets if I ran some video. A friend wanted to see it, so I edited a little movie and put it up on YouTube. But I was kind of farting around - wish the time and feel were a little better. Whatever, the subject is actually mallets.

An evening of dynamic duet performances of original music and jazz standards featuring selections from their critically acclaimed recording "Dark Sand".

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For the "veterans" of thevibe.net, do you remember Polish born vibist Les Blachut? I have a good memory of a pleasant and funny guy, his six mallets theory (and practice!) and of that fun picture of him holding 8 mallets! Ha! :o)

He recently contacted me through Facebook: what a good surprise! I saw that he is here as member, but too busy to participate (so far)… between his work and his… twin babies! ;o)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE!! MARIE IS SECOND IN CHARGE HERE ON THE SITE. WE'RE SO LUCKY SHE HANGS OUT WITH US!!! Marie is one of my best friends! And I'll meet her in about a month!!

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Use good voicings to help you make up lines.

We've been studying Joe Locke's tune 'Sword of Whispers'. We've all learned a ton from Joe and his tune.

Here's a pretty complete reference of what we've done.

If you put your version, please let me know so I can add it to this page!

Check out the comments to see what we were thinking!

Anyone near Dallas interested in a mini workshop early February?
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Gary playing some Piazzola! He gets house on his solo!!!! Great solo!

Hey Tony, this is two choruses of comping on invitation.