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Gary Burton's "Remembering Tano" Lead Sheet

I posted this in the thread with the link to the PBS Tiny Desk concert with Gary and Julian Lage, where this piece is performed. I don't know if anyone caught it though, so I'm reposting it here. This is also recorded on Gary's latest album 'Guided Tour'. It was written for Astor Piazzolla. I really like the harmonic movement.

Arrangement of Satie's Gymnopedie No. 2 for Vibes

I recently bought Jim Casella's vibraphone arrangement of Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1, which you can get from Steve Weiss. Aside from being a beautiful piece, I found it to be a great exercise in mallet dampening and independence. In particular, in some places you need to dampen AFTER the following note has been played rather than just before.

Help!

So, there's this lick I'm struggling with -- see the attached PDF and mp3 (from midi). I want it to go at about quarter note equal 160 (the speed of the midi), but I'm not even close, maybe about quarter note equal 100-120. Any suggestions beside repeat until I get it or die of frustration? (there has been a lot of this so far :-)).