American Rhapsody (Paperback)

A four mallet marimba work written for a 4.6 octave marimba. Part of a collection of future releases.

About the Author Dr. Gregory Jackson is a well-recognized percussionist, composer, educator, and author. He is a multi-faceted percussion specialist in many areas including orchestral, jazz, marching, chamber, and the world music traditions of Cuba, Japan, West Africa, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Peru, Brazil, Switzerland, and Middle Eastern countries. Dr. Jackson has published several books sold worldwide including The Synergy Method for Marimba, Etudes Op. 48, The Well Tempered Marimbist Op. 46, Legendary Op. 44 Congas Full Circle for world percussion, Phenom: The Excellence of Execution for snare drum, and the percussion method book The Synergy Method for Drumming. Congas Full Circle made Amazon.com's "Hot New Releases" list for percussion books in 2010 and The Synergy Method made Amazon's "Hot New Releases" list in 2009. Greg also has several recordings, including his debut CD is for solo marimba, Darkest Hour, two instructional percussion DVDs titled Congas Decoded and Elements of Synergy, and two percussion CDs, Osmosis and Conga Fantasy. Top authorities in percussion have proclaimed that Jackson's works are filling a void in the percussion community that is often not addressed. Jackson proudly endorses Remo Inc., Pearl Percussion, and Pro-mark sticks and mallets.