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Vibes: With Drawn
by Glenn Astarita
What evolved as a side project while performing as a trio at the Knitting Factory’s “Late Night Hang” show, “Vibes” present us with their first studio recording, titled “With Drawn”. Vibraphonist Bill Ware, bassist Brad Jones and drummer E.J. Rodriguez are also the rhythmic catalysts for the well-known “Jazz Passengers” among other side projects and session dates too numerous to cite here.
The vibes (no pun intended) are positive as this band features cool, sleek interplay in somewhat of a ...
read moreInstrumental Bass & Vibes Duo Cliffwalker Can Be Compared To Steve Reich, Philip Glass As Well As Contemporaries Such As Tortoise, Death From Above 1979
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Fanatic Promotion
“Delightfully teeters on the edge of chaos...” says music discovery blog Independent Clauses in its coverage of “Punching Clocks,” the debut single by Portland-based duo CLIFFWALKER. Punching Clocks is the sort of thing that the word post-rock was made for. It’s rock put in the service of other moods. The interplay of the leads produces the experience of a spy-movie chase scene.” The Portland, Oregon-based instrumental duo of Cliff Hayes (Bass, Keys) and A. Walker Spring (Vibes, Drums, Keys, Guitar), ...
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Accomplished Musicianship Of Instrumental Drum & Vibes Duo Cliffwalker Delightfully Teeters On The Edge Of Chaos With 'Punching Clocks' Single
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Fanatic Promotion
Cliff Hayes (Buellton), A. Walker Spring (Old Time Relijun) evoke a '70s-era sensory experience ala Philip Glass, “The Holy Mountain,” and Tangerine Dream as CLIFFWALKER. CLIFFWALKER is not just a cool name for a band. The Portland, Oregon-based instrumental duo of Cliff Hayes (Bass, Keys) and A. Walker Spring (Vibes, Drums, Keys, Guitar) are just lucky to be named that way. To take the serendipity a step (sorry, had to) further, the sound of the pair’s upcoming “Painted Gray Sky” ...
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Warren Wolf brings great vibes to Naples
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Vibes player Warren Wolf was the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra's special guest on Wednesday, March 28 in the sextet's 2017-18 concert series at Artis-Naples' Daniels Pavilion. His performance was an artful showcase of his instrument's wide range of shimmering possibilities- given the right hands and musical approach. The mallets were indeed in the right hands this fine night. Wolf is blessed with a fertile musical mind and a mesmerizing technique. Indeed, he imbued each solo with something fresh and personal. ...
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Bobby Paunetto: Latin Vibes
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Vibraphonist Bobby Vincent Paunetto recorded only five known albums. El Sonido Moderno (1967), Paunetto's Point (1974), Commit to Memory (1976), Composer in Public (1996) and Reconstituted (1999). As a composer and arranger, Paunetto was highly regarded by all the Latin greats. Born in 1944, Paunetto began playing vibes at 17 and became friends with vibraphonist Cal Tjader. He studied at Boston's Berklee College of Music from 1969 to 1973. In 1979 Paunetto was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and gave up the ...
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Jazz Dispensary Rolls Out Two More Titles On Limited-Edition “Top Shelf” Vinyl Reissue Series: The 3 Pieces" Vibes Of Truth & Funk Inc.'s Self-Titled Debut Album
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Reckoning PR
Two new vinyl titles are being reissued as part of Jazz Dispensary’s Top Shelf Series: The 3 Pieces’ Vibes Of Truth, the lost 70’s jazz-funk crossover classic off Fantasy, and Funk Inc.’s raw and funky, self-titled debut album off Prestige. This will be the first time in over 20 years these releases will be made available on vinyl. As with all Top Shelf releases, both albums have been remastered from the original analog tapes, pressed on 180-gram audiophile-quality vinyl at ...
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Recent Reading: A Book About Vibes
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Anthony Smith, Masters of The Vibes (Marimba Productions, Inc.) Smith’s book includes a timeline that traces the history of the vibraphone, which early in its life began to be popularly known to its players and to listeners simply as vibes or the vibes. The greater part of the book consists of Smith’s transcribed conversations with 34 vibes players—famous ones like Terry Gibbs, Gary Burton, Charlie Shoemake and Warren Wolf, and newcomers including Yuhan Su, Joel Ross and Jake Chapman. As ...
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Composer/Keyboardist Carol Albert Keeps Her Career Momentum And Positive Vibes Flowing On A Vibrant Re-imagining Of The Al Jarreau Classic “one Way”
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Carol Albert
By Jonathan Widran, Music Connection and Jazziz Magazine A few months after energizing smooth jazz radio with her vibrant, optimistic early 2017 single “On My Way,” Atlanta based composer, keyboardist and vocalist Carol Albert keeps the positive, optimistic vibes and the momentum flowing with her fresh and vibrant re- imagining of legendary singer Al Jarreau’s classic “One Way.” The soulfully exotic, high energy piano driven tune, which evolves from gently seductive opening verses into a spirited, intensely grooving ensemble jam, ...
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Dardanelle: Piano, Vibes + Voice
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Before Beyoncé, Madonna and Cher, there was Dardanelle. Billed solely by her first name starting in the early 1940s, Dardanelle was an enormous talent. She could sing and play jazz piano and vibes, appearing at New York's tony cocktail bars and lounge settings in the 1940s and '50s. Dardanelle had enormous grace and spirit on both instruments and, as a singer, she was good enough for Lionel Hampton to use her at the Cafe Zanzibar on West 49th St. when ...
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Jazz vibes player honors his masterful predecessors
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
The way vibes player Christian Tamburr sees it, he honors his musical forebears every time he picks up his mallets. He paid homage Monday night principally to Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson as part of the Charlotte County Jazz Society's Artist Series in Port Charlotte FL. The music I play is influenced by all of these great players," Tamburr said, also noting Red Norvo, Cal Tjader and Gary Burton. It indeed is a small, distinct fraternity. The number ...
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Vibes Artists To Reign At L. A. Jazz Society Vibe Summit June 22
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Mary Barrow
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA: Keyboard mallet masters will reign at Vibe Summit XXI, a joyful conglomeration of some of music's greatest vibes players in an afternoon of entertainment to benefit the educational programs of the Los Angeles Jazz Society. The event, open to the public, will be held Sunday, June 22 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Remo Recreational Center, 7308 Coldwater Canyon in North Hollywood. Tickets are $20 at the door, $15 for Jazz Society members, or join ...
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