Call it a percussionist's answer to Flight of the Bumblebee — with a twist. "Filigree," by composer Robert Honstein, is a rapid-fire workout for solo vibraphone. The instrument's bars, however, are ...

VAIL, Colorado ” Vibraphone master Rick Weingarten and his trio return to Vail Sunday to play the Vail Jazz Festival tent at the farmers’ market on Meadow Drive. “We love playing Vail,” Weingarten ...

Are the vibes good? These tracks by Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Roy Ayers and others, chosen by 12 musicians and writers, should convince you. By Giovanni Russonello We’re living in the era of ...

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Percussionist Matt Sharrock is putting out new vibes these days. For the last 15 years, the Boston-based percussionist and new music specialist has performed around the country and here in central ...

Vibraphone players are something of a rare breed in jazz music, sometimes a happy accident, Mark Sherman being one of them. Serendipity is known to take its time, so perhaps it is no surprise that ...

If you like robots or music even a little bit, you should really just go ahead and watch this video of Marv, a robotic vibraphone, playing “Flight of the Bumblebee” faster than any human ever has or ...

Corey Mwamba delves into the many colours of an under-appreciated instrument: the vibraphone. In the first episode of a new three-part series, Corey explores different ways in which the vibraphone has ...

Ep. 2/3 - Hit It! In the second episode of this three-part series, vibes player Corey Mwamba delves into the many colours of an underappreciated instrument. The vibraphone is a tuned percussion ...