The members are Andrea Dulbecco (Vibraphone) and Luca Gusella (Marimba), Italian musicians who began working together after being in the same percussion class at the Conservatory of Milan.
His works for percussion include “Montana Music: Three Dances for Percussion,” “Variations of ‘Lost Love,’” “My Lady White,” “Arcadia II: Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble,” and “Crown of Thorns.” Maslanka has also written a complete Mass for full choir, soprano, and baritone soli, with accompaniment by full symphonic band.
The tracks are backed by the sounds of the traditional Marimba, an instrument that traces through her families lineage as well as her countries.
Initially formed by producer Herb Alpert to cash in on the "south of the border" craze started by his own Tijuana Brass, the Baja Marimba Band outlasted the Tijuana Brass by several years thanks largely in part to TV producer, Chuck Barris, who featured the group's music on his game shows through the mid-1970s.
He remained in the region throughout until 1982, teaching at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, giving private music lessons, performing in Pacific Northwest cities and in British Columbia with several marimba groups he founded.
# "Under the Boardwalk" (Kenny Young, Arthur Resnick) – 3:23 - Recorded March 8, 1983 - Victor Feldman (percussion, marimba), Lenny Castro (congas, triple scale); Leslie Smith, Michael Ruff, Arno Lucas, Sal Bernardi (vocals)
Leigh Howard Stevens (born March 9, 1953 in Orange, New Jersey) is a marimba artist best known for developing, codifying, and promoting the Stevens technique or Musser-Stevens grip, a method of independent four-mallet marimba performance based on the Musser grip.
In 1978, marimba performer Leigh Howard Stevens, author of Method of Movement for Marimba, designed a series of marimba mallets for manufacturer Vic Firth.
Recently, Jon Fishman, drummer of the band Phish, has incorporated a Marimba Lumina into his drum kit as well.
The various styles include: cumbias, the Colombian dance music; a brass band; an orquestra, of Mayan culture; Peruvian Susana Baca singing a cappella; El General's funky hip-hop; and Mason Daring's bass marimba and Spanish guitar-driven score.
Robin Millar – marimba on "The Sandman", sine bass on "Only the Strange Remain", "Sangre de Cristo", keyboards on "John Cage is Dead"
He has composed well-known pieces for the marimba such as Yellow After the Rain and Sea Refractions; it is said that these works were composed because Peters felt that there was a lack of musically interesting material that would introduce his students to four-mallet marimba techniques.
After the verses, the song opens up into a slow, bass-driven beat, with strident electric guitar chords at the end, before the gradual diminuendo featuring extended interplay between Mark Knopfler's acoustic guitar and marimba played by Mike Mainieri.
Lenny White - conga, bongos, drums, percussion, marimba (CD 1 on tracks 7-9, CD 2)
In addition to being a strong teacher and performer, Van Sice has his own line of marimba mallets by Vic Firth, and a line of signature marimbas by Adams Musical Instruments.
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An important figure in the European percussion community for many years, Van Sice gave the first solo marimba recital at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw in 1989 and taught at the Rotterdam Conservatorium and Darmstädter Ferienkurse.
Philippe Saisse: Keyboards, Marimba, Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8).
"This Piece of Poetry Is Meant to Do Harm" appears in John Cameron Mitchell's film Shortbus and the band has stated that "Hey Kwanongoma!" was inspired by the marimba piece "Rugare 2" by Alport Mhlanga.
A stone marimba housed at the Musée de l'Homme is possibly the oldest-known musical instrument on the planet.
Members are: David Riordan (rhythm guitar, vocals), J.C. Phillips (marimba, vocals), Frank Demme (bass, vocals), Carl Johnson (guitar), Bob Spalding (guitar) and Marty Foltz (drums, percussion)
The concert featured conductors Ankush Bahl, Miguel Campos Neto, Avlana Eisenberg, Geoffrey Robson, and Yaniv Segal; soloists Greg Giannascoli (Marimba) and Michael Ludwig (Violin); and composer Aaron Dai.
The incarnation of the Magic Band on this album was Bill Harkleroad and Elliot Ingber, guitars; Mark Boston, bass; John French, drums; and Art Tripp, marimba.
Edgar Winter - organ, synthesizer, ARP 2600, piano, marimba, saxophone, timbales, vocals, clavinet, liner notes
The year 2004 saw the release of Collier's album Mallet Jazz, another instrumental showcase in which he is joined by fellow session musicians from throughout his career, such as percussion hall-of-famer Emil Richards on marimba, Joe Porcaro and John Bishop on drums, and Mike Lang and Don Grusin on piano.
"Yellow After the Rain" is a composition for solo marimba, written by former Los Angeles Philharmonic principal percussionist Mitchell Peters.