Results for "vibraphone"

Brian O'Neill

While I'm a percussionist these days, I originally studied classical piano. I put in a good 11 years, all the way through through high school. I also sung for many years in the world-famous Phoenix Boys Choir. At age 13, I started playing drums and percussion and about nine years later, I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Percussion Studies from Northern Arizona University (thanks Steve). In 1999, I moved to Boston and have been freelancing as a drummer/percussionist ever since.

Musicians these days often wonder what my "main thing" is. I believe that my strongest characteristic as a musician lies in my diversity; I study and perform a variety of musical styles (orchestral, jazz, mexican folk, exotica, brazilian, middle-eastern, flamenco) on an equally-wide range of instruments

Matt Moran

Vibraphonist and tunesmith Matt Moran "plays the vibraphone like a speed-chess master, always darting off into flurries of ingenious, unexpected activity" (Village Voice). He has performed and recorded with artists as diverse as Mat Maneri, Lionel Hampton, Combustible Edison, Ellery Eskelin, and Saban Bajramovic. Moran's sound is integral to an innovative group of New York musicians who blur the boundaries of composition, improvisation, and folk traditions. Moran received a Master's degree in jazz composition from New England Conservatory in 1995. At NEC he studied with the visionary composer and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Maneri, and has continued to learn from Maneri through performances with him

Winnie Dahlgren

Born: June 29

A native of Denmark Winnie Dahlgren started playing percussion at age fifteen, and received both her bachelor’s degree in music education in 1991 and her Master’s degree in Performance in 1995 from the Vestjysk Academy of Music in Esbjerg, Denmark. In the middle of her classical studies at the conservatory she took two years off to study jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1996 she returned to Berklee College of Music from which she received a bachelor’s degree in jazz composition and performance in 1997. She has since performed in both jazz and classical settings, with concerts in Europe, the United States, and Southern Africa

George Weldon

Charming and elegant, George Weldon performs the music from The Great American Songbook. Known for his interpretation and song selection from the composers Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Rodgers & Hart and George Gershwin. A measure of high-society, The George Weldon Quartet is often requested to perform at the residence in the affluent neighborhoods of Philadelphia for private cocktail party events. Through the years George Weldon and his band have performed at the Prime Rib inside the Radission Warwick Hotel located in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, The Westminster Kennel Club Opening Cocktail reception on the Piers in New York City, Scoogi's Classic Italian Restaurant in Flourtown, PA., August Moon Restaurant in Norristown, PA., Menzfit Events in Philadelphia and Washington, DC., the Comcast Center in Philadelphia, PA

Corey Mwamba

Born: November 2

Born and based in Derby, Corey Mwamba's commitment to jazz and improvised music in Britain and Ireland drives all aspects of his work, whether through composition, playing, or promoting new music. Corey predominantly plays vibraphone; he also plays dulcimer and uses audio processing software. He is recognised as a highly creative improviser and composer working across a wide range of jazz and contemporary music. Mwamba's distinctive approach and tone is instantly recognisable in any context: a potent blend of pure sound, highly melodic phrases and ethereal textures; barely whispered chords and ear-piercing robotic screams

Nathan Skinner

Born: 1992

Nathan fell in love with jazz at 13, when he first heard Miles Davis play "So What". When he heard Lionel Hampton play "Take the 'A' Train" he knew the vibraphone was for him. His major influences are Milt Jackson, Gary Burton, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker. He has performed with the Florida All-State Band and Orchestra, the Florida Wind Symphony the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps and the UCF Orlando All-Star High School Jazztet. He has won the Savarick Music Competition and 2010 Amelia Island Jazz Festival and Jazz Arts Music Society of Palm Beach Scholarships. Nathan has been a featured performer at the Amelia Island Jazz Festival and the Fort Pierce Jazz and Blues Society Brown Bad Lunch Series

Mika Yoshida

Born: 1964

Mika Yoshida hails from Amakusa Island, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, and lives in New York City. She studied at the University of Toronto and since graduation has devoted herself to marimba performance and musical studies under the strong influence of the NEXUS. She is also studying jazz privately with jazz vibe master, Mike Mainieri, in New York . She has released two Solo CDs: Mitsue (1998) and Marimba Phase (2003). Her newly released album, Mikarimba (VideoArt Music Japan 2010) and DVD Mika Marimba Madness (Big Round Music) were both produced by Steve Gadd. Steve Reichs CD Triple Quartet includes Mikas arrangement and performance of Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint (Nonesuch), Richard Stoltzmans CD Goldberg Variation (BMG Japan) and Jo Hisaishis CD (Universal Japan). She has performed solo recitals in New York (Carnegie ZANKEL Hall 2007 and Carnegie Weill Recital Hall 2001, 2004), Tokyo (2001, 2003, 2006) etc

Bob DeSena

Bob DeSena was born in Northern California the Spring of 1958; born not only to his parents, but born - literally and figuratively - into the world of Latin Jazz. At a young age he learned to play the drums and guitar, and as he grew up in age and the society of music in the 1970s, his already impressive talent was influenced by such groups as Chicago, Tower of Power, Earth, Wind & Fire, Santana, Malo and artists such as Herb Alpert, Freddie Hubbard and Maynard Ferguson. The combined talents of these bands and artists increased DeSena's interest not only in music but, especially, in wanting to produce his own music as well. That interest sparked a new passion in him: the trumpet. He learned the instrument and played through high school in big bands and jazz bands alike.

Ben Thomas (US)

In demand as a performer and educator, Ben Thomas combines an energetic performance technique with a distinctive compositional style. As a vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandoneon player, he can be found playing tango, jazz, chamber music and Latin jazz throughout the Northwest. Ben has released four albums of original compositions on Origin Records as a leader or co-leader, including “The Madman’s Difference”, “The Mystagogue”, and “Triskaidekaphobia”. His most recent CD, “Yet What Is Any Ocean…”, was declared “an outstanding album with some interesting compositions and performances alike” by allmusic.com. In addition to leading tango and Latin jazz groups, Ben co-leads TORCH, a chamber group dedicated to both 20th century music and original compositions. Since 2005, Ben has been a member of Brazilian pianist/composer Jovino Santos Neto’s Quinteto

Bobby Paunetto

Born: June 22, 1944

Bobby "Vince" Paunetto was a vibraphonist and composer associated to Latin jazz and salsa. He did not start on vibraphone until age 17, but went on to befriend Cal Tjader and study at the Berklee College of Music from 1969 to 1973. He had at least three albums by 1976, and several other projects engineered and co-produced by his friend, Fred Weinberg. One of his albums "Paunetto's Point" became one of the first "Quadraphonic" (Surround sound) albums. Before becoming ill. In 1979 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Although he continued to compose after that his vibraphone career essentially ended after 1981