Weiss Guy is composed by Tony Miceli and James Armstrong in tribute to Steve Weiss, founder of Steve Weiss Music, who tragically passed in 2014. This advance piece is scored for twelve players, mixed mallet and multi percussion. Miceli writes of Weiss:"...as I was writing Weiss Guy and messing around with minimalism in my own way, Steve died. I thought about how simple and basic this guy was. He had the biggest percussion store in the world... Despite that, he seemed to be a bare-bones, hippie-lifestyle kind of guy. At that point, I kept thinking of Steve as I wrote the piece and it became his."Scored for 12 players, Weiss Guy is a mixed percussion ensemble piece that infuses minimalism with jazz quartal harmonies and plenty of room for improvisation, anchored by Armstrong's Afro-Cuban drums and percussion accompaniment. A tribute fitting of the man whose name the piece bears.Number of players: 12Difficulty: AdvancedInstrumentationPlayer 1: Vibraphone 1 (solo)Player 2: Vibraphone 2Player 3: GlockenspielPlayer 4: Xylophone 1Player 5: Xylophone 2Player 6: Xylophone 3Player 7: Marimba 1Player 8: Marimba 2Player 9: Marimba 3Player 10: Ocean drum, ganza, snare drum, China cymbal, ride cymbalPlayer 11: Bamboo wind chimes, 2 woodblocks, bongos, ornamental bells, splash cymbalPlayer 12: Mark tree, congas, cajon
