the jazz dulcimer

[alocispepraluger102]

anyone know of any jazz dulcimer recordings.

aloc loves the sound of the dulcimer(not that hammered thing)

Edited July 17, 2007 by alocispepraluger102

[Nate Dorward]

Pehraps you should rephrase that question minus the word "good". The question is whether there are any jazz dulcimer recordings.

Someone, somewhere, has probably given it a try.

[Alexander Hawkins]

Corey Mwamba is a great young player in the UK playing mostly vibes and dulcimer. Check out his stuff!

[alocispepraluger102]

Corey Mwamba is a great young player in the UK playing mostly vibes and dulcimer. Check out his stuff!

thanks, Red.

[JohnS]

The Hungarian tenor player Mihaly Dresch uses a cimbalom in his quintet. The quintet mixes jazz with folk elements but the cimbalom which is very similar to the dulcimer makes a very attractive sound.

[alocispepraluger102]

The Hungarian tenor player Mihaly Dresch uses a cimbalom in his quintet. The quintet mixes jazz with folk elements but the cimbalom which is very similar to the dulcimer makes a very attractive sound.

thank you. his music sounds very interesting.

[clifford_thornton]

Cooper-Moore (then Gene Ashton) played the instrument as a sideman on saxophonist Alan Braufman's Valley of Search (India Navigation). Also in attendance were Cecil McBee, and drummers David Lee Jr. and Ralph Williams.

[Jim Alfredson]

Please God, no.

[Chuck Nessa]

Probably deep in the mix, Henry Threadgill plays hackbrett (Austrian/German dulcimer) on Roscoe Mitchell's "The Maze".

[J Larsen]

Probably deep in the mix, Henry Threadgill plays hackbrett (Austrian/German dulcimer) on Roscoe Mitchell's "The Maze".

Thanks for that cool piece of "trivia*"!

*Not that I'm saying it's trivial or anything.

[alocispepraluger102]

Probably deep in the mix, Henry Threadgill plays hackbrett (Austrian/German dulcimer) on Roscoe Mitchell's "The Maze".

Thanks for that cool piece of "trivia*"!

*Not that I'm saying it's trivial or anything.

it's hard to consider anything that henry threadgill performs as trivial.

[mikeweil]

The Hungarian tenor player Mihaly Dresch uses a cimbalom in his quintet. The quintet mixes jazz with folk elements but the cimbalom which is very similar to the dulcimer makes a very attractive sound.

Herbie Mann's very last CD "Eastern European Roots" has cymbalom player Alexander Fedoriouk.

But this is the hammered type:

But wasn't the initial question for the plucked/strummed type, the real dulcimer? Looks like this:

Colin Walcott used one of these on the original recording of "Witchi-Tai-To" on one of Oregon's earliest records, but it wasn't jazz ...

Edited July 18, 2007 by mikeweil

[AllenLowe]

well, there's a few Don Braden CDs I can think of, a lot of Wynton, too many Keith Jarrets to remember -

wait - didn't you say DULL jazz recordings?

never mind...

Edited July 18, 2007 by AllenLowe

[JohnS]

Didn't McCoy Tyner use a dulcimer as an intro on a track on one of his Milestone albums?

Codona also featured a dulcimer.

[alocispepraluger102]

Didn't McCoy Tyner use a dulcimer as an intro on a track on one of his Milestone albums?

Codona also featured a dulcimer.

wasnt that a koto, on sahara?

[JohnS]

Didn't McCoy Tyner use a dulcimer as an intro on a track on one of his Milestone albums?

Codona also featured a dulcimer.

wasnt that a koto, on sahara?

I'm sure you are right - old age strikes again.

[couw]

Didn't McCoy Tyner use a dulcimer as an intro on a track on one of his Milestone albums?

"Mode for Dulcimer" on his album "Focal Point"

[mikeweil]

Yes, that Tyner track - I had that sound in my head but couldn't remember where I heard it.

Since the dulcimer is basically a chordal instrument on a modal basis, it's jazz potential is very limited. You only can strum rhythmic patterns much like a rhythm guitar but not change keys as deliberately.