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The Cubans call it marímbula, and most of the other Caribbean countries have adopted this name or some variant of it: marimba, malimba, manimba, marimbol. The instrument has a number of other names, such as marímbola (Puerto Rico), bass box, calimba (calymba), rhumba box, Church & Clap, Jazz Jim or Lazy Bass , and box lamellophone.
The marimba was introduced in Zimbabwean Music during the early 1960s when the Kwanongoma College of African Music in Bulawayo adopted it. [21] Founders of the college considered that marimba could boost the musical development of the country, and design a model that it's now known as Kwanongoma marimba. [22]
The term marimba refers to both the traditional version of this instrument and its modern form. Its first documented use in the English language dates back to 1704. [1] The term is of Bantu origin, deriving from the prefix ma-meaning 'many' and -rimba meaning 'xylophone'. The term is akin to Kikongo and Swahili marimba or malimba. [2]
A merengue version was recorded in the Dominican Republic by "Antonio Morel y su Orquestra" in the 1950s, with an alto saxophone arrangement by "Felix del Rosario". [11] A number of reggae versions of the song also exist, and marimba covers are particularly popular.
The marimba of Nicaragua distinguishes itself from the other forms of marimba in Central America by the way it is played. Nicaragua's marimba is played by a sitting performer holding the instrument on his knees. They are usually accompanied by a bass fiddle, guitar and guitarrilla (a small guitar similar to a mandolin). This music is played at ...
Well known band of Maya Pax music was La Banda de San Jose. [6] One of the popular contemporary marimba bands is the Benque Marimba Youth Academy. [7] In the villages of northern Belize you will also find Maya Pax bands which mostly play for traditional Maya dances like the Hoghead dance like La banda de San Jose in Orange Walk district. [8]
Their influences include Colombian cumbia legend Andrés Landero, Mexican marimba groups such as Marimba Cuquita , Chicano music as Lalo Guerrero, whose song "Los chucos suaves" they perform, as well as American and British rock bands such as Green Day, the Misfits, The Clash, and Mexican rock bands like Belafonte Sensacional. [4]
The Baja Marimba Band was an American musical group led by marimba player Julius Wechter. Formed by producer Herb Alpert after his own Tijuana Brass, [ 1 ] the Baja Marimba Band outlasted the Tijuana Brass by several years in part due to TV producer Chuck Barris , who included the group's music on his game shows in the 1970s.