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Peter Appleyard
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Peter Appleyard, OC was a British–born Canadian jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer. He spent most of his life living and performing in the city of Toronto where for many years he was a popular performer in the city's nightclubs and hotels. He also played and recorded with many of the city's orchestras and been featured on Canadian television and radio programs. In the early 1970s he drew wide acclaim for his performances with Benny Goodman's jazz sextet with which he toured internationally. In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his being an "internationally renowned vibraphonist [who] has represented the Canadian jazz community across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia"
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Tony Miceli
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Vibraphonist Tony Miceli, whose playing has been compared with the legendary Milt Jackson and Gary Burton, grew up in New Jersey, currently resides in Philadelphia, and has been working steadily on the jazz scene since 1980. As a group leader, sideman, and recording artist, he has performed with numerous top musicians including David Liebman, Jimmy Bruno, Ken Peplowski, John Blake, Diane Monroe, John Swana, Joe Magnarelli, Steve Slagle, Larry McKenna, and many others. In addition to his work with the group Monkadelphia, which he co-founded in 1990, Miceli is a member of the PhilOrch Jazz Ensemble (a quartet featuring members of the Philadelphia Orchestra) and the Adam Unsworth Ensemble. His recordings include a compilation CD, Looking East with the Philly 5; On a Sweet Note, with Gerald Veasley and the Electric Mingus Project; Band Shapes with French pianist Olivier Hutman; Monkadelphia; Crepuscule (featuring Monkadelphia); Music From the Inside Out, a companion CD for a documentary showcasing the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Greg Harris
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The Greg Harris Vibe Quintet: Fresh from releasing PROSPECTOR "Memory of Pilots" featuring Ron Miles, and "World Citizen" with African master xylophonist Aaron Bebe, Colorado’s Vibraphonist Greg Harris releases a Quintet album titled "Open Space." The album showcases the group’s unique instrumentation through their high-energy, expressive, original songs. Alongside the vibraphone is colorful trumpeter Erinn Bone, backed by a steady and soulful rhythm section of Matt Fuller on guitar, Bill Larson on drums, and Venezuelan bassist Bijoux Barbosa. Vibraphonist Greg Harris recently received an award for Original Composition-Best Song, Outstanding Performance in the June 2003 Downbeat Magazine
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Kevin Hart
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Kevin Hart is a jazz vibraphonist, pianist and drummer from Central Illinois. His stylistically eclectic The Road to Everywhere was chosen as a 2005 recommended release by Laura Kennedy from WGLT who says, “Kevin Hart is a masterful musician—a generous artist with style, class and a forever sense of fun. His originals sparkle with innovation and cosmopolitan charm and as Axel F demonstrates, his choice of cover material reveals imagination and vision.” Latin-flavored Corazón was also a 2010 top ten pick by KXLU in Los Angeles. Early on, Kevin played his father’s drums to jazz records, studied piano as required by his mother, imitated Lionel Hampton on an older sister’s vibraphone, and began drumming with local pros at 15
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Arnold Faber
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A twenty-five year veteran of the Canadian jazz scene, Arnold has a lot of CBC Radio work under his belt on Morningside and Jazz Beat, playing with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke. He has performed at most major Canadian jazz festivals with his own groups, and is a Yamaha jazz clinician and award-winning composer. Arnold is also a Berklee College of Music alumnus and former student of Gary Burton and David Samuels.
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Warren Wolf
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Warren Wolf is a multi-instrumentalist from Baltimore, MD. From the young age of three years old, Warren has been trained on the Vibraphone/Marimba, Drums, and Piano. Under the guidance of his father Warren Wolf Sr., Warren has a deep background in all genres of music. Beginning with classical music, Warren had studied classical composers from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Paganini, Brahms, Vivaldi and Shostakovich. Warren also studied ragtime music learning music from the songbooks of Scott Joplin, Harry Brewer and Geroge Hamilton Green. In Jazz, Warren has studied artist and composers from Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson, Cal Tjader, Return to Forever, Weather Report, Wynton Marsalis and many others. Warren attended the Peabody Prepatory for eight years studying classical music with former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra member Leo LePage
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John Damberg
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John Damberg is a master vibist, marimbist, percussionist,composer, and educator who has enjoyed a successful careerin music spanning 35 years. John currently resides inAnchorage, AK where he is the leader of the John Damberg LatinJazz Quintet, a member of the Jo Ma La Jazz Ensemble, theInstructor of Percussion at the University of Alaska Anchorage,the President and founder of the Alaska Jazz Workshop, a 501(c) (3) community service organization, which promotesappreciation for jazz through performance and educationalclasses. John is an activer performer on the Alaska and PacificNorthwest music scenes
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Dan McCarthy
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Dan McCarthy is a Canadian jazz vibraphonist based in Toronto. After graduating top of his class from the prestigious jazz program at Humber College, Dan quickly made a name for himself on the Toronto jazz scene, performing with such notable Canadian artists as Ted Warren, Pat Collins, Peter Appleyard, Ted Quinlan, Lorne Lofsky, Terry Clarke, Brandi Disterheft, Laila Biali, and Don Thompson. Moving to New York City in 2004 brought many more opportunities for Dan, giving him the chance to play and record with some of the top jazz musicians in the world, such as Steve Swallow, Ben Monder, Mark Feldman, George Garzone, Myron Walden, Rudy Royston, Thomas Morgan, Mark Shim, Ari Hoenig, and Gerald Cleaver. In March of 2019, Dan returned to Toronto permanently to pursue a Master in Jazz Composition at York University on a full fellowship. He released his first record, “Interwords” in 2006, which was hailed by Geoff Chapman of The Toronto Star as one of the top 10 jazz records of the year
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Joe Baione
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BiographyThe relative rarity of vibraphonists in the history of jazz remains one of the musical genre’s true mysteries. Despite the natural beauty of the instrument’s sound and the historical importance and celebrated popularity of its most famous players " Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson " comparatively few artists have chosen to make the vibraphone their primary means of expression. Fortunately, Joe Baione has and on Oh Yeah!!! - his second outing as a leader and impressive successor to his distinguished debut The Superhero " he shows that the vibes and the mallets with which he plays them are in very good hands.
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Kym Ambrose
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Kym's prpofessional career began at 16 when he started playing vibes. He'd already been playing drums with his father's jazz ensemble for a few years before this. After studying with Jim Bailey in Adelaide, Kym moved to Sydney in the early 80's to undertake a Diploma in Jazz at the N.S.W. Conservatorium of Music, with teachers such as the legendary Don Burrows. Kym's work on kit and vibes continued predominantly in the jazz and blues scene, backing international artists in between doing resident gigs at clubs throughout Sydney in the 80's and early 90's. His passion for, and focus on, the vibraphone deepened when he moved to the less manic city of Brisbane, and met his now wife Anje West, with whom he founded The View From Madeleine's Couch, considered one of Australia's best, and certainly most distinctive Brazilian music ensembles. His first trip to Brazil took place in 2004, where he studied under the great pianist/composer/arranger Alberto Farah, who was a huge influence on Kym's composing and arranging style
