Re: [Harp-L] "A-Train"

["Dan Berger" <dberger1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

FJM wrote:
Mallet
> instruments like vibraphone have a limited attack envelope.

You wouldn't think so if you saw Milt Jackson play live!
I saw him play with two amllets in each hand. Amazing-
like seeing Howard Levy playing two differnt lines at the same time from 
each side of his tongue!

-Dan
I quote:
"Jackson was one of the first vibraphonists to master the bop style, and is 
generally regarded as one of the finest performers on his instrument in the 
history of jazz. His improvisations exhibit great rhythmic variety, with 
sudden outbursts of short notes often adjoining languid, sustained phrases. 
He also utilizes a wide range of dynamics to highly expressive ends. His 
great control of rhythm and dynamics is clearest in his masterly 
improvisations at slow tempos, but he also has an affinity for the 12-bar 
blues, and has recorded many excellent blues solos. "
--THOMAS OWENS, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz