Sunday, December 12, 2010

Rick Altman on the "Whatever" Show

The "Whatever" show on local access cable recently featured Rick Altman on vibraphone with his partner David Oliver on Marimba. For those of you who missed the original broadcast of the performance here is a link so you can check it out: The Whatever show featuring Rick Altman and David Oliver.

Here is what the "Whatever" website had to say about the performers:
"Rick Altman and David Oliver perform an eclectic blend of original compositions for marimbas and vibraphone. The music is inspired by many sources including improvised new music, jazz, folk, and ethnic world musics. David's compositions are heavily influenced by ska, reggae, Indian, Turkish, Latin, and classical music. Rick's compositions borrow more from the traditional jazz and new age modal jazz as well as samba and salsa.

Along with their compositional skills these artists are extremely gifted performers. Both musicians have decades of experience performing many styles of music. David calls the result "a wonderful percussive musical experience and an acoustical adventure to be enjoyed by all. Most of this music has only rarely been performed on these instruments, and that adds to the excitement".

If you don't have good speakers on your computer I suggest using headphones. It will be worth the listen :)"

Enjoy!!!