This band’s repertoire is drawn from my favorite compositions by Steve Swallow, Michael Gibbs, Carla Bley and others that were originally performed by vibraphonist Gary Burton’s quartets during the 1960s and 70s, along with the music of Brazilian composers Caetano Veloso and João Donato, and modern jazz composers such as Pat Metheny, Kenny Wheeler, Jim Hall, Joe Farrell. The common denominator between these compositions is that, in my judgment, their melodies lend themselves to the sound of the vibraphone more so than any other instrument.
Behn Gillece, vibraphone
Paul Gill, bass
Chuck Braman, drums
Paul Bollenback, Nate Radley, Pete McCann, guitar
Noriko Ueda, Matt Clohsey, Evan Gregor, Thomson Kneeland, bass
Como En Vietnam
General Mojo’s Well Laid Plan
I’m Your Pal
Peau Douce
Radio
Filthy McNasty
Silver’s Serenade
Strollin’
Dom De Illudir
Luz Do Sol
Nua Idéia
Litha
The Loop
Rockin’ Chair
Stardust
Olhos De Gato
Sing Me Softly The Blues
Ida Lupino
Bess, You Is My Woman
I Loves You Porgy
Little B’s Poem
’Till Then
The Beatles (John Scofield)
The Blessing (Ornette Coleman)
Careful (Jim Hall)
Clockwise (Cedar Walton)
Equipoise (Stanley Cowell)
Fuchsia Swing Song (Same Rivers)
The Good Life (Sacha Distel)
Kids Are Pretty People (Thad Jones)
Liturgy (Michael Gibbs)
Midnight Mood (Joe Zawinul)
Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton)
Molten Glass (Joe Farrell)
Nacada (Pat Metheny)
Outra Vez (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Picadilly Lilly (Dave Liebman)
Say It Isn’t So (Irving Berlin)
Skating In Central Park (John Lewis)
Smatter (Kenny Wheeler)
Straight Street (John Coltrane)
Tangerine (Victor Schertzinger)
Think On Me (George Cables)
Vagamente (Roberto Menescal)
Walkin’ Shoes (Gerry Mulligan)
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