"You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To," a beloved Cole Porter tune, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session quintet. This was recorded live at Murphy’s Bar and Grill (Mineola, NY) 28 April 2009.
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"You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To," a beloved Cole Porter tune, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session quintet. This was recorded live at Murphy’s Bar and Grill (Mineola, NY) 28 April 2009.
"Four," a Miles Davis classic, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session quintet. This was recorded live at Murphy’s Bar and Grill (Mineola, NY) 28 April 2009.
"All of Me," a old jazz standard, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session quintet. This was recorded live at Cleopatra's Needle (NYC) 28 December 2008.
"There Will Never Be Another You," a famous jazz standard, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session quartet. This was recorded live at Cleopatra's Needle (NYC) 28 December 2008.
"Moon Boots," a Colin Edgar original composition, is played here by the Mike Engle Vibraphone Collective. Recorded live at Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill, Montreal, 7 October 2008. Track #5 of 5 from this evening.
MIKE ENGLE, vibraphone; COLIN EDGAR, tenor saxophone; JAMES COLWELL, guitar; JAMES MEGER, bass; DAN GARMON, drums
"My One and Only Love," a timeless jazz ballad, is played here by the Mike Engle Vibraphone Collective. Recorded live at Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill, Montreal, 7 October 2008. Track #4 of 5 from this evening.
MIKE ENGLE, vibraphone; COLIN EDGAR, tenor saxophone; JAMES COLWELL, guitar; JAMES MEGER, bass; DAN GARMON, drums
"Skepsis," a Dan Garmon original composition, is played here by the Mike Engle Vibraphone Collective. Recorded live at Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill, Montreal, 7 October 2008. Track #3 of 5 from this evening.
MIKE ENGLE, vibraphone; COLIN EDGAR, tenor saxophone; JAMES COLWELL, guitar; JAMES MEGER, bass; DAN GARMON, drums
"Song for My Untitled Lady," a Mike Engle original composition, is played here by the Mike Engle Vibraphone Collective. Recorded live at Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill, Montreal, 7 October 2008. Track #2 of 5 from this evening.
MIKE ENGLE, vibraphone; COLIN EDGAR, tenor saxophone; JAMES COLWELL, guitar; JAMES MEGER, bass; DAN GARMON, drums
"The Sorcerer," a Herbie Hancock composition, is played here by the Mike Engle Vibraphone Collective. Recorded live at Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill, Montreal, 7 October 2008. Track #1 of 5 from this evening.
MIKE ENGLE, vibraphone; COLIN EDGAR, tenor saxophone; JAMES COLWELL, guitar; JAMES MEGER, bass; DAN GARMON, drums
"The Night Has 1000 Eyes," a song made famous by John Coltrane, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session setting. Recorded at New York City's Smoke Jazz and Supper Club, 1 July 2008. NOTE: Many choruses have been deleted in the interest of time. Sorry to all performers who got cut.
"I'll Remember April," a famous jazz standard, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session quartet. This was recorded live at Cleopatra's Needle (NYC) 24 December 2007.
"Jeannine," a Duke Pearson composition, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session quartet. This was recorded live at Cleopatra's Needle (NYC) 24 December 2007.
"Out of Nowhere," a timeless jazz classic written by Edward Heyman and Johnny Green, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session quartet. This was recorded live at Cleopatra's Needle (NYC) 24 December 2007.
"Old Devil Moon," a show tune (Finian's Rainbow) turned jazz standard, is played here by vibraphonist Mike Engle in a jam session quartet. This was recorded live at Cleopatra's Needle (NYC), 24 December 2007.
"On Green Dolphin Street," an old jazz standard (recorded here in E-flat) by Bronislau Kaper, is played here by Mike Engle (on vibraphone), backed up by the Jon Weiss (piano) Trio. This was recorded live at Cleopatra's Needle (NYC) in August 2006.
"Naima," a ballad by John Coltrane, as played at the 14 January 2007 jam session at Cleopatra's Needle, New York City, led by the Toru Dodo Trio, featuring Mike Engle (vibraphone), and introducing Sam Weinberg (tenor saxophone), who is making his NYC debut here.
"Sonnymoon for Two," a blues in B-flat by Sonny Rollins, is played here by Mike Engle (on vibraphone), backed up by the Jon Weiss (piano) Trio. This was recorded live at Cleopatra's Needle (NYC) in August 2006.
"Bags' Groove," a blues in F by Milt Jackson, as played at the 14 January 2007 jam session at Cleopatra's Needle, New York City, led by the Toru Dodo Trio (Toru Dodo, piano; Joseph Lepore, bass; Luca Santaniello, drums), featuring Mike Engle (vibraphone). Please comment if you are in this video and are not mentioned, and I will fix the discrepancy.
This is from Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685-1750) violin sonata #1 in g minor. Here, Mike Engle (using a vibraphone, not a violin) plays an excerpt from the "Presto" movement.
"Hat," an Andrew Katzenstein composition, as played by Top New Beat. The personnel for Top New Beat is as follows:
ANDREW KATZENSTEIN, alto saxophone;
SAM WEINBERG, soprano saxophone;
MIKE ENGLE, vibraphone, marimba;
DANIEL BAZAN, piano;
DAVE AMBROSIO, bass;
VINNIE SPERRAZZA, drums.
This video was recorded live at CUNY Queens 9 June 2007.