About

Welcome to the Marimba Sass Blog. My name is Jeff Sass and I am a marimbist.

What is a marimba? A marimba is a percussion instrument with chromatically arranged wooden bars and organ-like resonators. The marimba can be played with yarn or rubber mallets and produces a warm, deep, rich sound. There are many marimba manufacturers and my marimba of choice is a Marimba One marimba made in Arcata, Califormia.

I have a Computer Science/Mathematics major with a Fine Arts Minor from Drake University and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis. I work at Adobe Systems Incorporated as the LiveCycle Quality Leader as well as act as the Percussionist In Residence at Faith Lutheran Church. I am also a freelance percussionist in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and enjoy playing percussion for Broadway musicals.

This blog is devoted to a more detailed discussion of marimba topics that are too long to “tweet” about on Twitter where I post under the name jeffsass. I have also started a YouTube channel called marimbasass where I will be posting marimba videos.

Thanks for reading and feel free to leave comments!