<![CDATA[In this excerpt from the new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, saxophonist Ben Wendel explains how he built the BaRcoDe ensemble by consulting vibraphonist Joel Ross, generating a list of about fifteen players, and then selecting four whose approaches were distinct enough to give him the widest possible palette—describing the goal as assembling the "Avengers of Mallet Players."]]>

<![CDATA[In this excerpt from the new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, saxophonist Ben Wendel explains how he built the BaRcoDe ensemble by consulting vibraphonist Joel Ross, generating a list of about fifteen players, and then selecting four whose approaches were distinct enough to give him the widest possible palette—describing the goal as assembling the "Avengers of Mallet Players."]]>In this excerpt from the new episode of The Tonearm Podcast, saxophonist Ben Wendel explains how he built the BaRcoDe ensemble by consulting vibraphonist Joel Ross, generating a list of about fifteen players, and then selecting four whose approaches were distinct enough to give him the widest possible palette—describing the goal as assembling the "Avengers of Mallet Players."

Be sure to listen to the entire conversation: https://podcast.thetonearm.com/ben-wendel-assembling-the-mallet-avengers-barcode-saxophone/

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