This is slow and quiet playing, on flower time. Imagine the time for a bouquet to fully open. Beautiful vibe and piano sounds with spare quiet cymbal accents very occasionally. The bass very gently counts one, two, three, with the three always announcing the second of a pair of chords.Hutcherson's the vibist, Herbie Hancock, the pianist, Joe Chambers, the percussionist, and Bob Cranshaw is on c...
Rifftides reader David Peterkofsky inquired about modern-day jazz marimba players. In the course searching, I ran across a 1940s soundie with marimbists galore. This has little to do with jazz, but it's an opportunity to see a bass player who makes Chubby Jackson seem catatonic. As for Mr. Peterkofsky's question, Bobby Hutcherson, Stefon Harris, Dave Samuels, Cal Tjader, Mike Mainieri, Emil R...
