This is a duet with me on vibes and Carl Birs on drums. Part oneGood Vibes Blues, drums introduces melody, then vibes, then each solo. Part two, BLue Drums, drums plays melody using the three toms and as the three chords in a blues tune, part three is  free form solos, and then back to the original melody.

Blue Suite

For Paddy, my new partner, inspired by her. I start with a three note theme and develop impressed variations, always returning to the theme

For Paddy

I got to sit in with a band at the Hotel Sevilla in Havana. This is a tribute. I play the melody on vibes, one rhythm on drums,learned from that band, another on electronic drums, each drum on a different speaker
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I love Hotel Sevilla    I love Hotel Sevilla   I love Hotel Sevilla  cause that's where I got to play

Hotel Sevilla

Based on a Thelonious Monk idea, which is why I heard it before. Melody played on vibes. One rhythm played on drums, another on electronic drums, each on a different speaker

I Heard This Song Before

A tune reminiscent of the street music I heard growing up in the South Bronx. The rhythm is based on a rhumba, which I learned from my Puerto Rican friends. Melody played on vibes, one rhythm played on drums, another on electronic drums, each on a different speaker

South Bronx

A four part suite for Max Roach.  The first part is a single stroke pattern based on a piece of his called Soliloquy, so I call my piece Dialogue. Part Two uses phrases associated with Max, so I call it To the Max. Part Three is based on patterns he used when playing with free players, so I call it Free Max. There is a brief interlude on a pedal tom tom, and then the final part is based on the idea if Elvin Jones structured his solos like Max so I all it Elvin smokin' like a roach.

To the Max Suite

I play a Max Roach pattern on acoustic drums, and a Beethoven pattern on the tympani setting on my electric drums. Max Accompanies Ludwig and they both solo.

This part of a whole series of pieces I have done with Max Roach meeting various classical composers.

If Max Roach had met Ludwig van Beethoven

Another in my series of Max meeting various composers. Here I play a Max Roach pattern on acoustic drums and try to create a Stockhausen composition on electronic drums

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