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 ...

Being in one of the best-loved bands in town — with a stylishly bookish look, plus an instrument hardly anyone else plays — has made Steve Roehm one of the most recognized musicians in the Twin Cities ...

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 ...

Legendary bandleader Lionel Hampton, who popularized the vibraphone as a jazz instrument and whose famed musical career spanned six decades, died of heart failure yesterday at Mount Sinai Hospital. He ...

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 ...

From Ann Arbor, MI, and now based in Philadelphia, Oliver Mayman is a vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Beginning on the drums and piano, the vibraphone was an apt discovery as a teenager – the ...

The marimba has an interesting history in which, oddly enough, Pennsylvania plays a major role. It is one of the oldest of musical instruments. There are records that the marimba existed in a much ...

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 ...

The percussion instrument we'll be introducing today is the vibraphone, which is arranged in the same way as the piano. When the mallets strike the instrument's surface, pleasant echoes are produced.

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 ...