Results for "vibraphone"

Dillon Vado

Born: August 26, 1991

Dillon Vado is a professional drummer and vibraphonist in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a graduate of the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley. He grew up in San Jose, where he played many small club gigs on drums and marched snare drum for the Santa Clara Vanguard. He has recorded at Fantasy Studios, and played with many musicians at The Freight and Salvage, Yoshi’s, and the SF Jazz Center. He has also performed overseas at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. Dillon has performed with Art Lande, Hafez Modirzadeh, Royal Hartigan, Marcus Shelby, Erik Jekabson, Jeff Denson, Alan Hall, Jovino Santos Neto, Marcos Silva and Kate McGarry

Simon Moullier

Award-winning vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and producer Simon Moullier has distinguished himself as one of the leading voices of his generation.

Mentored by Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Jimmy Heath at the Thelonious Monk Institute, as well as Darren Barrett at Berklee College of Music, Moullier has since collaborated with artists including Gerald Clayton, Terri-Lyne Carrington, Ben Wendel, Kendrick Scott and the SFJAZZ Collective.

Simon was voted Rising Star Vibraphonist of the Year in DownBeat’s 71st Annual Critics Poll, named 25 for the Future in DownBeat’s 90th Anniversary Issue, and selected as Up-and-Comer of the Year by the New York City Jazz Record.
In 2023, he was recognized for his work as an arranger on Terri Lyne Carrington’s GRAMMY® Award–winning New Standards Vol. 1, followed by a GRAMMY® nomination for his performance on her album We Insist 2025! and another GRAMMY® recognition for his participation in Laufey’s Bewitched in 2023.

His sixth album as a bandleader, CEIBA, will be released in April 2026

An active touring musician, Moullier has performed worldwide at many of the most respected jazz clubs and festivals, including the Village Vanguard, Blue Note Tokyo and Beijing, Jazz en Tête, Festival Radio France Montpellier, the Chiapas Marimba Festival (Mexico), International Jazz Day in Havana, Cuba, and St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Olalekan Oduntan

Born: May 26, 1964

Olalekan Azeez Oduntan aka OlaleOne was born on 26th of May 1964. He is a song writer, composer, griot, xylophonist, percussionist and an entrepreneur. He started his artistic carrier at age twelve gathering his peers together back then and teaching them drama and music with his little level of understanding and knowledge. It was also at that young age that he was reciting poetry for Nigerian Radio and Television stations. He used to travel from Lagos to other states of Nigeria to recite poetry at the weddings, burials and coronation ceremonies depending on the invites.

After his secondary education, he joined the then Center for Cultural Studies University of Lagos, Nigeria as an associate member (now Creative Arts Department) taking part in drama, music and cultural productions. It was there that he met the late Professor Akin Euba who was the head of the Center. He performed in the Professor's Band called Akin Euba and the Elekotos. Series of programmes were recorded for radio and television by the band and some albums were recorded too. Because the Cultural Studies was a place of learning, he was also participating in stage drama productions by Professors Bode Osanyin and Uwa Hunwick. It was there that he learnt how to play the xylophone from Nigerian ace xylophonist Late Ede Nwigwe. An instrument he plays so well today.

Aridane Martin

Born: August 5, 1989

Aridane Martín (1989, Canary Islands, Spain). Aridane attended CPMLPGC and CMMB conservatories. He graduates with the best qualifications (Award of honor in percussion, orchrestal soloist and chamber music) also received several prizes as a chamber musician and percussion soloist. After graduating, he enrolled at the Liceu Conservatory studying with the acclaimed drummer and percussionist Marc Miralta. Aridane has received classes from Jeffery Davies, David Friedman, Eric Sammut, Keiko Abe, Gary Burton. Aridane published in 2017 his first album as leader, "Tiébélé", in two editions, each one designed by a canarian painter with twelve original paintings inspired by his music in an innovative project

Kaare Munkholm

Maya Bowler-Spohnholz

Born: August 6

Accord Vibes

Musicians: Alexandru Anastasiu - vibraphone Fernando Mihalache - accordion Michael Acker - double bass All music by Richard Galliano

Giacomo Riggi Mazzone

Giacomo Riggi Mazzone born in Barga (Lu) in 1983. Drummer, percussionist, vibraphonist, pianist, singer, director of vocal groups, author of symphonic works and chamber music. He got the highest score and a special mention diploma in percussion instruments at the Institute of Musical Studies "P. Mascagni "of Livorno. He won a scholarship in 1999, in 2000 he won first prize as a soloist in 2002 (City of Fusignano) and the prize award "Waltex jazz competition" in 2010 with his project "Isevarm". He played with the great names in jazz, such as Paul McCandless, Luciano Biondini, Danilo Rea, Tony Scott, Tino Tracanna, Stefano "coconut" Cantini, Cristina Zavalloni and many others

Frank Valente

Born: July 18, 1995