Tag Archives: Vibraphone/Marimba Jazz

Among the many Scandinavian rings who all took their motivation in the Pretty Things within the mid-’60s. Small is known of the Swedish group, who released several singles in 1965 and 1966. Their frenetic rock and roll/R&B (sung completely in British) was large over the snarling and relatively accented vocals, …

A specialist musician at age 18, vibraphonist Hagood Hardy moved from his local Indiana to review at the School of Toronto, using various jazz night clubs with a music group called the Montage. Hardy provides constructed music for countless advertisements and TV applications, but his most well-known work is certainly …

Gust William Tsilis (pronounced chill-us), given birth to in the South Aspect of Chicago in Apr 14, 1961, is most beneficial referred to as a vibraphonist and marimba participant, also performing in piano and electric guitar. He cites his biggest early musical affects as Clifford Dark brown, Milt Jackson, Keith …

Cal Tjader was undoubtedly probably the most popular non-Latino leader of Latin jazz rings, a fantastic distinction. From your 1950s until his loss of life, he was virtually the point guy between your worlds of Latin jazz and mainstream bop; his light, rhythmic, joyous vibraphone way could comfortably accept both …

Buddy DeFranco is among the great clarinetists ever and, before rise of Eddie Daniels, he was indisputably the very best clarinetist to emerge since 1940. It had been DeFranco’s misfortune to become the very best on a musical instrument that following the golf swing era dropped significantly in reputation and, …

Vibraphonist and marimba participant David Friedman offers recorded and played extensively because the early ’70s. He analyzed drums within the middle-’50s, and marimba and xylophone within the ’60s. Friedman went to Juilliard, with main focus on percussion. He was also tutored by Teddy Charles and Hall Overton. Friedman used the …

Because the vibraphonist for Martin Denny’s group, Lyman was instrumental in crafting the audio of exotica. Lyman didn’t stick with Denny for lengthy, however, departing the ensemble in 1957 to start out a solo profession which was almost as effective as Denny’s. To no one’s shock, Lyman’s albums sounded like …

In 1947 Artwork Blakey formed a short-lived big group that he called the 17 Messengers. He also documented with a smaller sized group known as the Jazz Messengers. In 1954 Blakey was an associate of the co-operative music group with Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins and Horace Sterling silver. …

Dave Pike is a consistent vibraphonist over time without gaining very much popularity. He originally performed drums and it is self-taught on vibes. Pike shifted with his family members to LA in 1954 and used Curtis Counce, Harold Property, Elmo Wish, Dexter Gordon, Carl Perkins, and Paul Bley, amongst others. …

A minumum of one jazz musician fortunate to really have the surname of Melts away would need to be what’s referred to as a musician’s musician aswell, since how it’s mostly musicians that prefer to compliment one another by shouting “You’re burning up!” Actually no better example might can be …