According to my buddy historian Jim Hamilton we r the only culture to play drums with our feet. I know drummers all over the world now do it, but according to him it starts here. He says it comes from tap dancing. He comes from a line of tap dancers.

He said many of the early drummers could tap and many were tap dancers.

So listen to this video. He says this is where brushes come from. This is amazing.

I always think there grace notes are not where we'd put them. This one isn't terrible. And actually the vibe sound is nice.

Vibraphone: instrument used to make music by converting the vibration of tuned metal bars into an electrical signal, 1969 #musicMW pic.twitter.com/PHZEOdEv23

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#VictorFeldman - The Arriva
Victor Feldman – vibraphone, piano#Jazz #Rec.1958
Scott LaFaro –bs
Stan Levey – dshttps://t.co/xUhO14TYIc pic.twitter.com/3ZMjkVazNc

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Is this what Yamaha uses now?

Giovanni Perin Plays his own composition Una Danza Per Te

If you are interest in the score please contact Giovanni through his website www.giovanniperin.com

"Everything Happens To Me" - a beautiful song written by Tom Adair (lyrics) and Matt Dennis (music). At Berklee this morning squeezing in a little practice time before heading to some presentations for the 5 Week Program. Playing one of the school's Yamaha vibraphone. I like how my Vic Firth mallets (M39) sound on it.