What's new on the Jazz scene? How about Mike DiRubbo! Mike emerged during the mid-1990's but I just heard him for the first time on "Repercussion" (preview some cuts, particularly "Reprecussion," "Too Late Now," and "Nelsonian" here).
What's different about the "Reprecussion" album compared to "Keep Steppin" (above) is the use of vibraphone (veteran Steve Nelson, see "Nelsonian" here). It's a little unusual to replace the piano in a jazz quartet (although guitar is becoming pretty mainstream) but the effect of the vibraphone is to open up the sound and give the other players more room to speak. Beautiful! Does it catch your ears?
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