"Good Vibes" Vibraphone Therapy - an Xtabay Comp 2009

A vibraphone (sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes). A vibraphone is "a percussion instrument resembling the xylophone but having metal bars and motor-driven resonators for sustaining the tone and producing a vibrato" (source: Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary)...
...The vibraphone is played by striking the metal bars with mallets of varying hardnesses. The player also can depress a sustain pedal, which allows the notes to ring until the pedal is lifted again. The vibraphone was invented in the early years of the 20th century and was played by great jazz musicians such as Lionel Hampton and Milt Jackson.
Here's 24 tunes by some of my favourite vibraphonists such as Cal Tjader, Dave Samuels, Arthur Lyman and Milt Jackson. Its my favourite instrument in jazz and to my mind always creates a cool tropical sound. - Xtabay

trax:
01. Poncho Sanchez -Soul Sauce (Guachi Guara) 02. Arthur Lyman - Taboo tu 03. Grant Green - Cantaloupe Woman 04. Roy Ayers - Sound and Sense 05. Bobby Hutcherson - Un Poco Loco 06. Dave Holland - Secret Garden 07. Harry Breuer and His Quintet - Tropicale Stephanie 08. Stefon Harris - Nothing Personal 09. Johnny Lytle - The Snapper 10. Jay Hoggard - Sonny's Themes 11. Emil Richards - Garnet (January) 12. Walt Dickerson - Lawrence of Arabia 13. George Shearing - Jackie's Mambo 14. Dave Samuels - Tres palabras 15. Steve Nelson - You And the Night And the Music 16. The Mike Mainieri Quartet - Minnesota Thins 17. Cal Tjader - Gimme Shelter 18. Roy Ayers - Coffy Is The Color 19. Martini Kings - Summer Samba 20. Berger, Karl - Tune In 21. Dave Pike - Jet Set 22. Lionel Hampton - Avalon 23. Red Norvo - Garden of the moon 24. Milt Jackson - The Pink Panther


…served by Domenic Ciccone AKA Martooni...

This music is dedicated to the tradition of Johnny Diego's Rock 'n' Roll Free Sunday!