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"Filigree," by composer Robert Honstein, is a rapid-fire workout for solo vibraphone. The instrument's bars, however, are partly covered in tinfoil, which adds a unique layer of color to the music.
vibraphone, marimba and bass marimba. It's a complex and episodic piece that shifts from a rhythm-heavy art rock intro to a gentler, minimalist-informed middle section, propelled forward with multiple ...
In those days, and for a long time to come, the sound that identified NBC was three notes (G-E-C) on the vibraphone; naturally, there was a vibraphone in the studio. After his gig was over ...
Dave Pike, a bebop-style jazz musician who pioneered the amplified vibraphone, died Saturday in Del Mar. He was 77. A smoker since his teens, Pike had emphysema, said his wife, Brooke Eisenberg-Pike.
He was 12 when he was captivated by the sound of the vibraphone: As he walked past a music store, he often recalled, he heard a recording of Milt Jackson playing a solo on Thelonious Monk's ...
Vibraphone players are something of a rare breed in jazz music, sometimes a happy accident, Mark Sherman being one of them. Serendipity is known to take its time, so perhaps it is no surprise that ...