Wilson Moorman Podcast
Wilson Moorman is a NY percussionist. I've been emailing back and forth with Wilson for a year now. We have some real good talks and Wilson knows alot about the vibe world and vibe players. I've learned a ton from talking with him. Here's our first podcast.
This podcast talks about players, sticks, and some good vibe books. On the vibetalk page there's a link to the accompanying web page with links of some of the things we've talked about.
Check it out.
This podcast talks about players, sticks, and some good vibe books. On the vibetalk page there's a link to the accompanying web page with links of some of the things we've talked about.
Check it out.
posted by Tony at
11:37 AM
4 Comments:
Just listened to the podcast -- really great. I agree about the cultural divide between 2 and 4 mallet players being more of an academic thing than anything else, and I also think that Gary's association with rock music tends to appeal to the fusion musicians which would tend to push those guys into four-mallet preference. I used to play four all the time until I switched to Albright mallets to get something closer to Milt's density of sound, and found the sheer weight of the mallets prevented me from playing with four. So I'm one of the few who went from playing 4 to playing with 2 as a result, and then I found new ways to comp with using two.
Looking forward to the next podcast.
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Anonymous, at 3:29 PM
ha, i told wilson if i was thinking it then others are. i think there is something up with the 2, 4 mallet thing. and i think gary has a lot to do with it. glad you agree, now i know i might not be crazy!!!
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Tony, at 5:34 PM
I think there is a valid point in citing a cultural (racial?) divide between 2 and 4 mallet players in jazz, simply because I tend to think that black players were less inclined to play fusion at the time that Burton was really marking his influence on young players. And I also think that fusion was more rock-based at the time, and black players were not inclined to lean that way in the early 1970s. In retrospect, I think Roy Ayers might have been a greater influence on young black musicians coming out of R&B, and Burton might have been a greater influence on those coming from a rock awareness. HOwever, this is only my memory of the era, and would not disagree with someone who may have an entirely different perspective.
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Anonymous, at 5:57 AM
I think you're right. First even with the vibraphone, why wouldn't there be some sort of cultural divide. The whole country was divided. So here's Bobby Hutcherson coming along and Here's Burton. Wow looks like reverse images to me in EVERY way.
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Tony, at 7:13 PM
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