Marimba Plus is a Russian musical ensemble from Moscow, working in fusion style, combining academic traditions, ethnic rhythms and colors, jazz improvisation and modern music trends. "Jazz, folk, classical - it seems that everything is subtly mixed, formed and became something else - very natural, natural, music, wind and rain ..." - wrote about the ensemble magazine "Ogonyok".
Leading tool in the ensemble - marimba, the founder of the ensemble - marimba performer, composer and percussionist Leo Slepner, actor of Yamaha Music, endorser Encore Mallets, the winner of the youth "Triumph" award (2002). The band was created in 1999 by students of Gnessin Academy.
The influence of steel guitar on genres like Delta blues and country has long been underrepresented; this compilation aims to set the record straight. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 5, 2022