"Question and Answer" by Pat Metheny. Got the lead sheet from Gary Burton who got it from Pat for their recording Like Minds featuring Gary, Pat, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Roy Haynes. It's a classic recording that received a Grammy for best instrumental recording in 1998. The lead sheet can be downloaded via the google drive link in the video description.

"A Simple Sentiment" - an original composition for solo vibraphone that I just finished and ran through on the vibes. Sort of a somewhat simple anthem composed for a basic sentiment for our current times. It's an AAB odd bar form composition with both A sections being 11 bars and the B section being 5 bars. The lead sheet can be downloaded via the google drive link in the video description. Ed

Hello everyone!

I’m going to be posting two lessons a week for a little bit, so I hope you like piano-isms! This one’s actually a Part II to my original one on Oscar Peterson. It delves into a few more idiosyncrasies characteristic to his playing.

I mentioned a few recordings in this video, so I’ll link to youtube versions here:

“Night Train” (OP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKHt9b5jJqs (rolls example)

Yesterday was a fun coffee house. We talked a bit about transcriptions and why and how we do them. In the fashion to which I have become accustomed, Tony described his methods and motives as “exactly the opposite” of mine. I love this aspect of our excellent 30+ year friendship. We do see things differently, but in the end... we wind up agreeing about all the important stuff and how much we love the vibes.

Attached is my Free Improv at today's Vibe Coffee House. I thought it would make a good lesson.

Just playing around with a simple tune and working on improvising an intro to it.

Hello everyone,

This is my fourth "How to Play Vibes Like" lesson. And I should be doing 8 more this coming month, so if anyone has any suggested pianists to cover, let me know. So far, I plan on having George Shearing, Benny Green, Count Basie, Monk, and a second part to my Oscar Peterson lesson.

I'm hoping everything I talked about in this lesson made sense. It can be tricky stuff, so please ask questions if you don't understand something. And listen to his music, specifically "Passion Dance" and "Blues on the Corner" to hear these concepts in action.

Thanks!

Remember I think this:

Most of the time we play solo, we are doing solo playing :-). Doing it right and in time can really help you.

I got inspired by Oliver's arrangement of "Days of Wine and Roses". The drummer in my band wants to play "Beautiful Friendship", so I thought I would try to arrange it in a Shearing style.

I understand the basic concept behind the Shearing sound, but I'm not sure if I've quite got it. In particular, I'm not sure what to do when the melody note doesn't fall within the chord-dim-chord-dim scale pattern. Chromatic notes in the melody are also difficult.