Vibraphone

I tuned in our local jazz station and heard one note of a vibist and knew exactly who it was, just by his tone.

I thought it would be fun to create some small snippets to see if you can guess the vibist, including some of our teachers. :-) Answers enclosed. Post the numbers of the ones you guessed correctly.

Have fun,

Barry

Update: Files Vibist 01 to 13 are very short. Per request, I added a few more snippets, about 10 seconds each, 14 to 20; some are repeat vibists and some are new.

Here's one of my new composition dedicated to the memory of the great pianist Bill Evans!!!
if somebody is interested in having a look at the lead sheet let me know!!!
best
Giovanni

This is a pretty arrangement of Burt Bacharach's Alfie. It's a timeless tune with a great lyric. Check out Stevie Wonder's version on Youtube. It's killin.

A pdf of this arrangement is included. Remember.....make it sound beautiful!!

Hello everyone, if anyone is interested in writing an article related to the vibraphone for the Percussive Arts Society magazine Percussive Notes that would be great. Possible topics: dampening technique; four mallet techniques and exercises, theory related articles on improv concepts, voicings or harmony; concepts and approaches to comping; ideas on classical interpretation say from the Bach Sonatas and Partitas; a transcribed solo with accompanying analysis. These are only a few of many possible topics. Including specific music examples (written in Finale) in the article is preferred.

Concept for breaking down the harmony into the major movements. Over the TOTM Chi Chi.

Here's my mic set up. You can see the specially designed plexiglass PZM boundary I had made many years ago. It's shaped in a stereo configuration. I really like the concept of PZM. Here's what I know about it. I think the "PZM" (pressure zone microphone) was discovered in the 1980s. You can research it but I got my information from crown engineers. Crown owned the patent or patent rights. I'm writing from memory so it may not be completely accurate. The way I understand it, the "pressure zone" was discovered in the '80's. Here's how it was explained to me.