Mike Mainieri

Role

Drummer Keyboardist Composer

Genre

Jazz Funk / Soul Pop

Group

Steps Ahead Mike Mainieri Quintet

Credits

Talk You All Tight Thou Shalt Not Fall Hello Big Man

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Role

Drummer Keyboardist Composer

Genre

Jazz Funk / Soul Pop

Group

Steps Ahead Mike Mainieri Quintet

Credits

Talk You All Tight Thou Shalt Not Fall Hello Big Man

Social

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Yamaha YV-3910(M)

Vibraphones

In 1994, as Mike Mainieri was sensing the limit of the expressive capability of the vibraphone as a musical instrument, the relationship with Yamaha and Mainieri began. Mainieri contacted Yamaha via a New York-based vibraphonist Dave Samuels to find out if Yamaha was capable of producing a custom-made vibraphone. Hiroaki Ohmuro, a great fan of jazz and also Yamaha's designer at that time, combined the opinions of Mainieri and Samuels to customize a vibraphone. Mainieri was extremely delighted with the result and commented, ""The sound it creates is sophisticated, like the piano."" The reputation of the resulting 3 1/2Oct vibraphone spread via word of mouth and became a hot topic among jazz circles. The instrument was generally marketed thereafter as the YV3910 model and is currently well established as the next-generation vibraphone.

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