Marimba

Hey Guys,

This is a video of my mallet duo M-DUR and my good friend singer TOMKO FAHNSTER playing the tune TIME by TOM WAITS.

voc - Tomko Fahnster
vib - Hauke Renken
mar - Patrick Stapleton

Patrick and me played a few gigs this summer, most of the time in churches in the north of Germany, and we had this new song on our setlist. For us it was often the highlight of the evening. So much fun to play!!! :)

What do you think? Thanks for some comments and critics! :)

Hauke

Hey Everyone,

But in the 1th place :
Hey Gary,

I have seen you perform in France this year,(Coutance Jazz), and I've been following the pictures you post of your tour.

My impression is, that the kind of places where you play, are totally different in Europe then in the states.

I get the feeling in Europe you (but also other artists) play more in concerthalls, places which are designed to perform on a stage, for a huge crowd.
While in the states it looks more like clubs, or more specific places.

I get the same impression with, for example, John Zorn.

Joe Doubleday posted this on Facebook -- amazing!

Wouldn't it be nice to have a vibraphone that had a low octave and a half of marimba bars?

Don't know anything about this marimbist -- Johan Bridged.

Tom P.

Hi Everyone,
Hope you listened to the August show and heard Tony's album debut with the title track "Can't Find My Way Home." I plan to be at their Sept 20 gig in South Jersey and hoping maybe to get a piece into Jersey Jazz about it. What can I say but all good stuff!

hey,
last weekend a dream of mine came true. i had the chance to play the music of my favorite musician at the zappanale in front of many people who think the same as me. we had also the chance to meet some members of franks bands.

this was one of the greatest gigs i ever had...hope next time i will be on mallets not drums :)
hope you like it...

tarik

Look what Nadja just posted on Youtube today: another beautiful version of Joe's tune "Sword of Whispers", performed on July 13th at the Royal Academy of Music in London... I love this version as it's played in duet by two friends, on two beautiful instruments. Enjoy! :o)

I first heard this piece, titled Adagio for Strings in the early 1970s. I was so moved by the music that I decided to try to score it out for 2 marimbas and try to play it. My duet partner was Stu Balcomb, who older Berklee students may remember.

We worked it up and got a chance to perform it in concert around 1975. It was in a big hall for a large audience. The marimbas were an excellent choice to capture the beauty and simplicity of the music and our performance was very well received. I will always remember that night as one of the highlights of my musical journey.

This is a performance of the MOZART PIANO CONCERTO (KV415) by Andrey Doynikov & Detmold Percussion.

Listen to the fantastic accuracy in phrasing, dynamics and rhythm of the whole ensemble and the sensational virtuosity of Andrey Doynikov!
On my opinion: Simply awesome!

If you want to listen to the second part of the video please click: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8YlkPx6sug

Have fun!

#FLORIAN
www.florianposer.de

Here are finally some videos from our winter workshop in Wuppertal - Germany. This one is the free ensemble made of all willing participants, and "directed" by our host Matthias Goebel.

Honestly I'm not much into 'free' music, but what Matthias managed to get the guys into is really beautiful to my ears. Just take those few minutes to listen. Thanks a lot Matthias and guys!! :o)