Tom Collier - Boomer Vibes Volume 1 (2023)

Tom Collier, playing it all; the Vanderplas electric vibraphone, acoustic vibraphone, marimba, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rhodes electric piano, organ, synthesizer, synth bass, and drums, ‘one of the best jazz vibraphonists on the planet’ creates a special “Volume 1” to this remarkable series of three recordings of some of the catchiest tunes of the Baby Boomer Generation!

The Boomer Vibes Series represents a culmination of nearly 70 years of experience from ‘… one of the best jazz vibraphonists on the planet.’

Nearly 70 years of experience and musical influence are brought to fruition on this incredible series of Baby Boomer “VIBES”… This is VOLUME 1.

Collier presents an accessible, surreal program of familiar tunes from the defined ‘baby boomer’ generation.

Unlike all previous album projects Collier has recorded over the past forty years, Boomer Vibes, Volume One (and two and three) represent his first recordings of songs he didn’t compose. Instead, he recorded three albums worth of songs from the 1960s and ’70s that were especially important in his life for one reason or another. This album is also his first “do it yourself” album in over ten years. He plays every instrument on these tracks (with two exceptions as noted); he realized quickly that the multi-tracking process is much easier in 2022 with the advent of computer-based recording technology as opposed to the analog track bouncing process between tape recorders in the 1960s.