"Oblivion" by Astor Piazzolla - It's been nice having some time off from Berklee. It's been so cold here to go outside so the only thing to do has been to practice. Ha!Ha! I'm a huge fan of Astor Piazzolla and his music. This is one of my favorite songs from him.

Improvising on this classic with a focus on incorporating deadstrokes, ghost notes, accents, dynamics, varied sticking and dampening to enhance the line, phrasing and time feel. The vibraphone can be a difficult instrument in terms of playing it with expression and getting subtleties and nuance from it.

There is a good book called Develop Sight Reading which is great for reading as well as working on these musical elements since the pieces have a lot of phrase markings, dynamics and include many passages with varied articulation. Highly recommended.

Hey Vibes Workshop

Hey Vibes Workshop

A little Sunday night practice on John Coltrane’s classic composition “Giant Steps”. Played this last night as a bossa on the gig with Mark. Always a fun night at Li’s playing with Mark and hanging on the breaks.